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Stoltenberg is a German surname. Notable people with the surname include:
- Gerhard Stoltenberg (1928–2001), German politician and prime minister of Schleswig-Holstein.
- Thorvald Stoltenberg (born 1931), Norwegian diplomat and former cabinet member.
- Jens Stoltenberg (born 1959; son of Thorvald), 13th Secretary General of NATO.
- Donald Stoltenberg (born 1927), American artist, author and teacher.
- John Stoltenberg, American playwright, author, and radical feminist activist.
- Jason Stoltenberg, Australian tennis player.
- Robert Stoltenberg, Norwegian comedian.
- Abdi Farah Mude Stoltenberg (Norwegian family) Somalian politician.
Stoltenberg is a municipality in the district of Plön, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Stoltenberg is a Norwegian family.
Various branches of the family have long political traditions. The family may be traced back to Henrik Monssen, who was a churchwarden in Tønsberg. Henrik Monssen was the great-grandfather of Vincent and Jens Stoltenberg, a merchant and a priest, respectively. They have several descendants, among others Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and former Minister of Foreign Affairs Thorvald Stoltenberg.
The name Stoltenberg derives from the village Stoltenberg in present-day Germany. While living as a student in Holstein, one of the Stoltenberg family's ancestors adopted this name.