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Also Known As	Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen
Born	March 15, 1857 • Bergen • Norway
Died	June 28, 1925 (aged 68) • near Bergen • Norway
Title / Office	prime minister (1905-1907), Norway

Christian Magnus Falsen

Norwegian politician

Christian VIII

king of Denmark

Christian Lundeberg

Swedish politician

Jørgen Engebretsen Moe

Norwegian author

Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

Norwegian author

Jens Stoltenberg

prime minister of Norway and secretary-general of NATO

Bjørnstjerne Martinius Bjørnson

Norwegian author

Gro Harlem Brundtland

prime minister of Norway

Haakon IV Haakonsson

king of Norway

Trygve Lie

Norwegian statesman and secretary-general of the United Nations

Olaf II Haraldsson

king of Norway

Sverrir Sigurdsson

king of Norway

Harald III Sigurdsson

king of Norway

Inge I Haraldsson

king of Norway

Olaf Tryggvason

king of Norway

Erik the Red

Norwegian explorer

Haakon VI Magnusson

king of Norway

Magnus I Olafsson

king of Norway and Denmark

Vidkun Quisling

Norwegian politician

Olaf III Haraldsson

king of Norway

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