Renée Zellweger’s mother Kjellfrid is from Ekkerøy in northern Norway.
Chris Pratt’s mother Kathleen Pratt (née Indahl) Pratt has Norwegian heritage.
Lindsey Vonn’s great-great grandmother came from the Norwegian town of Laudal, in Agder county.
Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, is half Norwegian. His mother’s maiden name, Wiggum, originated in Oppland County as Veggum. The animated series has a character named Chief Wiggum, and Norway is one of the countries most often referenced on the show.
Tom Brady’s mother Galynn (née Johnson) is part Norwegian. Brady and his siblings grew up spending summers on the Johnson family farm in rural Minnesota.
Jimmy Fallon’s maternal grandmother’s father, Hans Hovelsen, emigrated from Fredrikstad, in what is now Viken county.
Astronaut and physicist Sally Ride’s mother was of Norwegian descent.
Kristen Wiig’s paternal grandfather was Norwegian. The name Wiig hails from the area of Sogn og Fjordane (now Vestland) on the west coast of Norway.
Rick Steves’ mother was born to Norwegian immigrants Harold and Erna Fremmerlid in Edmonton, Alberta.
Josh Duhamel has Norwegian ancestry on his mother’s side.
Michelle Williams’ great-great grandmother Inge Jacobin stowed away on a ship from Norway to the U.S. at the age of 15.
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have Norwegian ancestry on their father’s side.
Laura Dern was raised by her mother and her grandmother, who have Norwegian ancestry.
Chrissy Teigen’s father Ronald is Norwegian-American
Macaulay Culkin’s mother hails from North Dakota and has a Norwegian background.
Tippi Hedren is a quarter Norwegian, and passed that Nordic heritage on to her daughter Melanie Griffith and granddaughter Dakota Johnson
Paris Hilton’s great-great-grandfather Augustus Halvorsen Hilton was born on the Hilton farm at Kløfta, Ullensaker, Akershus outside of Oslo, and emigrated to the US at age 10.
Walter Mondale, Former U.S. Vice President and Senator, had paternal grandparents who came from Norway. His last name stems from Mundal, a town on the Fjærlandsfjord in Vestland County.
Josh Hartnett is half Scandinavian—both Norwegian and Swedish.
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