Bergen

Bergen adalah kota terbesar kedua di Norwegia. Jumlah penduduk 243.960 dan dibagi menjadi Arna, Bergenhus, Fana, Fyllingsdalen, Laksevåg, Ytrebygda, Årstad, dan Åsane. Kota ini didirikan oleh raja Olav Kyrre pada tahun 1070 M. Bergen merayakan ulang tahun ke-900 pada 1970. Pada 1916 sebagian kota ini hancur terbakar. Selama Perang Dunia II, kota ini diduduki oleh tentara Jerman pada 9 April 1940. Bergen dinamai "kota hujan" atau "Seattle-nya Eropa".

Orang-orang terkenal dari Bergen

• Trond Torleivsson Benkestok, nobleman (1490–1558)
• Dorothe Engelbretsdotter, author (1634–1713)
• Ludvig Holberg, playwright (1684–1754)
• Johan Sebastian Welhaven, author, poet (1807–1873)
• Ole Bull, violinist, composer (1810–1880)
• Gerhard Armauer Hansen, leprosy researcher (1841–1912)
• Edvard Grieg, composer, pianist (1843–1907)
• Amalie Skram, author (1846–1905)
• Christian Michelsen, ship owner, prime minister (1857–1925)
• Carl Joachim Hambro, politician, President of Parliament (1885-1964)
• Arnulf Øverland, author (1889–1968)
• Tryggve Gran, aviator (1889–1980)
• Nordahl Grieg, poet, author (1902–1943)
• Torborg Nedreaas, author and winner of the Kritikerprisen (1906-1987)
• Leif Andreas Larsen, a.k.a. Shetland Larsen, naval officer (1906–1990)
• Roald Jensen, football player (1943–1987)
• Helge Jordal, actor (1946–)
• Terje Rød-Larsen, diplomat, sociologist (1947-)
• Jan Eggum, singer-songwriter (1951–)
• Terje Hauge, football referee (1965-)
• Sissel Kyrkjebø, singer (1969–)
• Varg Vikernes, musician, arsonist, murderer (1973–)
• Olve Eikemo (Abbath), musician (1973-)
• Erlend Øye, musician (1975–)
• Eirik Glambek Bøe, musician (1975–)
• Kurt Nilsen, musician (1978–)
• Sondre Lerche, musician (1982–)
• Christine Guldbrandsen, singer (1985 - )
• Roger Tiegs, musician (197?)

Pranala luar

• The World Heritage City Bergen
• Bergen Guide
• Bergensposten Pictures from Bergen