
Øyvind Anker was a Norwegian librarian.

Wenche Blomberg is a Norwegian author. She has worked as a journalist, librarian, criminologist and government scholar.

Paul Botten-Hansen was a Norwegian librarian, book collector, magazine editor and literary critic.

Fredrikke Johanne "Rikka" Bjølgerud Deinboll was a Norwegian librarian and translator. She is known for her work in developing school libraries in Oslo, and for creating the Norwegian name Ole Brumm for the character Winnie-the-Pooh when she produced the first Norwegian translation of the book Winnie-the-Pooh in 1932, six years after it was published in English.

Axel Charlot Drolsum was a Norwegian librarian, who headed the University Library of Oslo from 1876 to 1922.

Else Granheim was a Norwegian librarian and civil servant.

Einar Musæus Høigård was a Norwegian educator and civil resistance member. He was born Stavanger, the son of Jonas Bernhard Høigård and Caroline Hansine Musæus. Among his works is a dissertation on Henrik Anker Bjerregaard from 1934 and a monography on the history of Oslo Cathedral School from 1942. During the German occupation of Norway he played a central role in the teachers' resistance against Nazification of schools and youth organizations. He was arrested in 1943 during an escape attempt to Sweden, tortured by the Gestapo and committed suicide during interrogation.

Stig Holmås is a Norwegian librarian, poet, novelist and children's writer. He was born in Bergen. He made his literary debut in the 1969 anthology Åtte fra Bergen. Among his poetry collections are Vi er mange from 1970 and Tenke på i morgen from 1972. Among his novels are O.K. Corral from 1991 and Regn from 2008. He has written two Indian book series for children.

Wollert Otto Hallvard Konow Keilhau was a Norwegian librarian and encyclopedist.

Arne Kildal was a Norwegian author, librarian and civil servant.

Kristian Brinch Koren was a Norwegian historian and archivist. He was appointed national archivist of Norway in 1912, serving from 1913 to 1933.

Ditmar Meidell is a Norwegian magazine and newspaper editor.

Abraham Wilhelm Støren Munthe was a Norwegian librarian and author. He worked at the University Library of Oslo from 1903 to 1953.

Haakon Nyhuus was a Norwegian librarian and encyclopedist.

Reidar Omang was a Norwegian historian, librarian and archivist.

Hjalmar Marius Pettersen was a Norwegian librarian and bibliographer, best known for editing the Bibliotheca Norvegica, a bibliography of Norwegian literature. Born in the country's capital to a family of means, he became early a voracious reader, eventually embarking on a philological career. After longer stays in Paris, a city he adored, he sought a post at the University Library of Oslo, becoming employed as its lecturer in 1887.

Per Petterson is a Norwegian novelist. His debut book was Aske i munnen, sand i skoa (1987), a collection of short stories. He has since published a number of novels to good reviews. To Siberia (1996), set in the Second World War, was published in English in 1998 and nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize. I kjølvannet, translated as In the Wake (2002), is a young man's story of losing his family in the Scandinavian Star ferry disaster in 1990 ; it won the Brage Prize for 2000. His 2008 novel Jeg forbanner tidens elv won The Nordic Council's Literature Prize for 2009, with an English translation published in 2010.

Jacob Rosted was a Norwegian educator, editor, and librarian.
Vigdis Moe Skarstein is a Norwegian librarian. She was born in Levanger.

Georg Sverdrup was a Norwegian statesman, best known as one of the presidents of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in Eidsvoll in 1814. He was a member of the Norwegian Parliament and was also responsible for the development of the first Norwegian university library.

Johanne Giæver Tenfjord was a Norwegian librarian, educator, children's writer and translator.

Harald Ludvig Tveterås was a Norwegian librarian and author.