Solem is a Norwegian surname. As of 2013, there were 1,926 people with this surname in
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
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Notable people
Notable people with this surname include:
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Alan Solem (1931–1990), American malacologist
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Arent Solem
Arent Bjørnsen Solem (22 October 1777 – 8 February 1857) was a Norwegian merchant and a prominent member of the Haugean Movement (''haugianere'').
Background
Arent Bjørnsen Solem was born in Klæbu, Søndre Trondhjems Amt, Norway. He was born ...
(1777-1857), Norwegian merchant and Haugean
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Erik Solem (1877–1949), Norwegian judge
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Jeff Solem (born 1948), American football player
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Johndale Solem
Johndale C. Solem (born 1941) is an American theoretical physicist and Fellow of Los Alamos National Laboratory. Solem has authored or co-authored over 185 technical papers in many different scientific fields. He is known for his work on avoiding ...
(born 1941), American physicist
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Kari Solem
Kari Solem (born 1 December 1974) is a Norwegian team handball, handball player who played for the club Byåsen IL and the Norway women's national handball team, Norwegian national team in the 1990s. She was born in Trondheim. She competed at the ...
(born 1974), Norwegian handball player
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Morten Solem (born 1980), Norwegian ski jumper
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Ossie Solem
Oscar Martin "Ossie" Solem (December 13, 1891 – October 26, 1970) was an American football player, coach of football and basketball, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at Luther College in Decorah, Iowa (1 ...
(1891-1986), American football coach
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Phil Solem
The Rembrandts are an American alternative rock duo, formed by Danny Wilde and Phil Solem in 1989. They had previously worked together as members of Great Buildings in 1981. The Rembrandts are best known for the song " I'll Be There for You", ...
(born 1956), American musician
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Randi Solem (1775-1859), Norwegian religious leader
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Rolf Solem (1917–2011), Norwegian jurist
References
{{Surname, Solem