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Ingrid Bolsø Berdal started studying music and singing in high school and after graduating she continued her music education at the University of Trondheim (NTNU), studying jazz singing and improvisation for two years. She moved to Oslo and was accepted at Oslo National Academy of Dramatic Arts (KHiO), where she studied acting for three years.

In her second year of Drama School Ingrid played Sofia in "Platonov" (Chekhov) and Antigone in "Antigone" (Sophocles). In her final year she played The Girl in "The Name" (Jon Fosse) and Hedda in "Hedda Gabler" (Henrik Ibsen).

Since graduating Ingrid Bolsø Berdal has been employed at The Norwegian Theatre in Oslo. After her first year at the theatre Ingrid was awarded the Hedda Award (The Norwegian Theatre Award) for Best Debut of The Year. During her years at the theatre she has played both classical and contemporary plays, such as Sasha in "Ivanov" (Checkhov), Shura in "Black Milk" (Sigarev) and Yvonne in "Yvonne, Princess of Burgundy" (Gombrowicz).

In between her stage work Ingrid Bolsø Berdal has also been working with radio theatre, TV and film. She has won the Amanda Award (The Norwegian Film Award) for Best Actress - for Jannicke in the feature film Cold Prey (2006).

Mads K. Baekkevold is a Norwegian filmmaker. His film career started in Singapore, where he spent close to a decade in the Southeast Asian film industry. A position as a senior creative at Media.Monks set him on the move again, this time to the cobblestone fairy tale city of Amsterdam. Never content with staying put, as of 2024 he is located in the Pacific Northwest of Vancouver, BC from his X-Files and Twin Peaks-loving childhood.

Constantly being on the move has instilled a sense of curiosity in Mads, both as a filmmaker and as a person. Curiosity for people, for their stories, for their customs and rituals and folklore. Besides his considerable success working as a Cannes Lions-awarded commercial director, this curiosity has led him to projects such as Still Space (a documentary on the art scene of Macau), his award-winning short film Chamber of Ox (an anthology series installment exploring the concept of hell in Buddhism), a series of four short pan-Asian horror films for Universal Studios - and many more. His debut feature The Chef & The Daruma premiered at VIFF in 2024.

Sveinung Golimo was born on 7 March 1975 in Levanger, Norway. Sveinung is a producer, known for Max Manus: Man of War (2008), Troll Hunter (2010) and Børning (2014).

Brede Hovland was born on 17 June 1973 in Levanger, Norway. He is a producer, known for Agent Cody Banks (2003), Nord (2009) and Turn Me On, Dammit! (2011).

Lars Berger was born on 1 May 1979 in Levanger, Norway. He has been married to Linda Tangen since 2 May 2015.

Jens Bolling was born on 23 July 1915 in Levanger, Norway. He was an actor, known for Medmenneske (1981), Nine Lives (1957) and Smeltedigelen (1965). He was married to Marit Bolling, Liv Strømsted and Ingrid Bothner. He died on 13 December 1992 in Norway.

Edith Ottosen was born on 18 June 1928 in Levanger, Norway. She was an actress, known for Heksenetter (1954), It Happened One Night (1958) and Kimen (1974). She died on 17 January 1990.

Martin Rotmo was born on 11 June 1991 in Levanger, Norway. He is known for Level Up Norge (2016), Noe som skjedde på jobben (2017) and Hagen (2016).

Anne Margrete Dahl was born on 19 April 1960 in Levanger, Norway. She is an actress, known for En loppe kan også gø (1996).

Henry Oliver Rinnan, born May 14, 1915, in Levanger, Norway, was a Norwegian Gestapo agent during the Nazi occupation of Norway 1940-1945). Rinnan was a truckdriver in the Norwegian Army when he was recruited by the Gestapo in June 1940. He worked closely with the Nazi Sicherheitspolizei SiPo. In January 1942 Henry Rinnan formed the "Sonderabteilung Lola". This group, known as Rinnanbanden among Norwegians, had sixty known members. Among them were Karl Dolmen, Arild Hjulstad-Østby and Ivar and Kitty Grande. The members of the independent Gestapo unit infiltrated the resistance movement, by building trust in order to penetrate their networks. The Rinnan gang was responsible for the death of at least a hundred people in the Norwegian resistance and the British Special Operations Executive. In 1944 Henry Rinnan was appointed SS-Untersturmführer der Reserve, and received the Iron Cross of the 2nd grade. After Germany's capitulation in May 1945, Rinnan and a band of followers tried to escape into Sweden, but were caught. Henry Rinnan was sentenced for personally murdering at least thirteen people, aiding a hundred other murders and involvement in a thousand Norwegians unlawful imprisonment. He was executed by a firing squad on February 1, 1947, at Kristiansen Fortress, Trondheim. He showed no fear at meeting his fate. 40 % of the people executed in Norway as a result of war crimes trials after the Second World War were connected to Henry Rinnan and the "Sonderabteilung Lola".