
Ole Peder Arvesen was a Norwegian engineer and mathematician.

Olav Bergersen was a Norwegian naval officer, war historian, insurance inspector and politician. He was a member of the Storting 1931–1933, and served with the Admiral Staff of the Royal Norwegian Navy in London during the Second World War.

Nils Christoffer Bøckman was a Norwegian lieutenant-colonel and businessperson.

Gunnar Bråthen was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. He was Minister of Pay and Prices from 1955 to 1959.
Johan Cappelen was a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Conservative Party.

Carl Viggo Manthey Lange was a Norwegian physician and politician for the Labour Party.

Bjørn Lyng was a Norwegian businessman, investor and industrialist. He was the founder of Lyng Gruppen AS, a holding company with over twenty subsidiaries. He is also associated with his development of vacation resorts located in Arguineguín along the south coast of Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands.

Erling Østerberg was a Norwegian police officer.

Julius Paltiel was one of the 26 Norwegian Jews who returned from Auschwitz. For their efforts in telling about the atrocities in the Nazi extermination camps, both Paltiel and his widow were awarded St. Olav's Medal, he in 2004 and she in 2016. Paltiel was given a Norwegian state funeral, attended by King Harald V.

Rudolf Falck Ræder was a Norwegian military officer, engineer and politician for the Liberal Left Party.

Ivar Skjånes was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

Ralph Tambs-Lyche was a Norwegian mathematician.

Anders Todal was a Norwegian teacher, politician and farmer. He was born in Valsøyfjord. He served as mayor of Åsen from 1919 to 1922, and from 1925 to 1931. He was elected to the Storting from 1931 to 1933, representing the Liberal Party in Nord-Trøndelag. He chaired the organization Noregs Mållag from 1932 to 1936. He was appointed school director in Nidaros from 1933, until he was fired in 1942. In 1942 he was imprisoned and incarcerated in Vollan prison and the Falstad concentration camp.

Roar Tønseth (1895—1985) was a Norwegian architect. He had an unusually long career as an architect, stretching from before 1920 to the early 1980s.

Jørgen Herman Vogt was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician representing the Communist Party. He edited the newspapers Ny Tid and Friheten, served four terms in Trondheim city council and one term in the Norwegian Parliament.