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1. He became king of Norway in 1991, succeeding his father, Olav V.
2. He had two periods as prime minister of Norway between 1997-2000 and 2001-2005.
3. She became the first female prime minister of Norway in 1981.
4. He was the first man to reach the South Pole in 1911.
5. He was the first man to go skiing over Greenland in 1888.
6. He was appointed "minister president" of a "national government" in Norway in 1942 by Nazi Germany.
7. He was King of Norway 1905-57.
8. He was King of Norway 1957-91.
9. He was prime minister of Norway 1945, 1945-51, 1955-63, and 1963-65.
10. He was the leader of several expeditions, for example, to Easter Island 1955-56 (Kon-Tiki).
11. He was a celebrated striker of English soccer team Manchester United.
12. He is Norway´s most famous painter. He painted "The Scream" in the 1890s.
13. He is Norway´s most famous composer, he wrote music to the play "Peer Gynt" in 1875.
14. He is Norway´s most famous playwright, known for plays like "A Doll´s House" and "Peer Gynt."
15. He is the most famous Norwegian novelist, known for "Hunger" (1890), "Pan" (1894), and "The Growth of the Soil" (1917).
16. She gained the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1928.
17. He is Norway´s most famous sculptor, known for his giant sculpture park in Oslo.
18. He was the first General Secretary of the United Nations (1946-53).
19. He fronts the pop group, A-Ha, famous with the hit "Take On Me" in 1985.
20. She is Norway´s most famous actress. She played in several Ingmar Bergman movies.
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