The following is a list of persons who have attended the Oslo Freedom Forum (OFF) conferences since its start in 2009. The list is categorized first by country of origin, then by profession and year.
Afghanistan Sima Samar (Chairperson of the AIHRC) (2010) Manizha Bakhtari (Afghan Ambassador to Norway) (2010) Roya Mahboob (Afghan tech entrepreneur and founder of Citadel Software) (2016)
Argentina Uki Goñi (Argentinian journalist) (2011) Victoria Villarruel (Argentinian lawyer) (2011)
Australia Julian Assange (Wikileaks Founder) (2010)
Austria Michael Fleischhacker (editor, Austria's Die Presse) (2011)
Azerbaijan Malahat Nasibova (Azeri journalist) (2011) Emin Milli (writer and activist) (2016) Leyla Yunus (Azerbaijani human rights activist) (2018)
Bahrain Maryam al-Khawaja (Bahraini rights activist) (2011)
Bangladesh Ahmedur Rashid Chowdhury (publisher, writer, and editor from Bangladesh) (2017)
Belarus Svetlana Tikhanovskaya (Leader of the Belarusian democratic movement) (2020) Zhanna Litvina (Belarusian journalist) (2011) Aliaksandr Bialiatski (Belarusian democracy activist and opposition leader) (2009)
Belgium Andrew Stroehlein (communications director, International Crisis Group) (2011)
Brazil Fernão Lara Mesquita (Brazilian journalist) (2011)
Britain Justine Hardy (British journalist and mental health expert) (2011) Nick Cohen (British journalist and author) (2012) Sarah, Duchess of York(2009) Benedict Rogers (author and East Asia team leader, Christian Solidarity Worldwide) (2011) Philippa Thomas (BBC anchor) (2011) Shiraz Maher (Expert on Islamic extremism) (2015) Saad Mohseni (British-born chairman and chief executive of MOBY GROUP) (2015) Chris Turner (award-winning stand-up comedian) (2017) Clare Rewcastle Brown (British activist) (2018) Tiff Stevenson (British stand-up comedian) (2018)
Bolivia Victor Hugo Cardenas (former vice-president of Bolivia) (2009)
Burma Zoya Phan (Burmese activist) (2011) Wai Hnin Pwint Thon (Burmese Activist) (2021)
Burundi Gilbert Tuhabonye (Burundian genocide survivor, author, and athlete) (2010) Pierre Claver Mbonimpa (Burundian prison reformer) (2010)
Cambodia Sophal Ear (scholar of the Cambodian genocide) (2010) Somaly Mam (Cambodian author and human rights activist) (2012) Mu Sochua (Cambodian politician and rights activist) (2018)
Canada Irwin Cotler (former Canadian Minister of Justice and Attorney General) (2012) Maziar Bahari (Iranian Canadian journalist and human rights activist) (2018) Emmanuel Jal (Sudanese Canadian performer, writer and political activist) (2018)
Chad Jacqueline Moudeina (head of the Chadian Human Rights Commission) (2009)
Chechnya Lidia Yusupova (Chechen lawyer) (2010) Akhmed Zakayev (prime minister in exile, Chechnya) (2011)
Chile Andrés Velasco (Chilean economist and former finance minister) (2015)
China Jung Chang (author, Wild Swans) (2009) Rebiya Kadeer (President, World Uyghur Congress) (2010) Yang Jianli (Chinese dissident) (2011) Harry Wu (Chinese dissident) (2009) Wan Yanhai (Chinese HIV/AIDS activist) (2011) Hui Siu Fun (producer, Hong Kong's Pearl and Jade TV) (2011) Grace Gao (daughter of Gao Zhisheng, dissident Chinese human rights lawyer) (2017) Fang Zheng (Chinese dissident) (2018) Chung Ching Kwong (Hong Kong Political & Digital Rights Activist) (2021)
Colombia Victor Diusaba (online director, Colombia's El Semana) (2011) Belisario Betancur (former president of Colombia) (2011) Clara Rojas (Colombian politician, formerly kidnapped by the FARC) (2010)
Cuba Yoani Sanchez (Cuban blogger) (via video) (2010) Armando Valladares (former Cuban political prisoner) (2010) Guillermo Fariñas Hernández (Cuban psychologist, journalist, and political dissident) (2017) María Payá Acevedo (Political dissident) (2016) Tania Bruguera (Cuban Artist) (2021)
Czech Republic Václav Havel (former Czech President) (via video) (2009)
Denmark Jacob Mchangama (Danish scholar) (2011) Torstein Nybo (co-producer, Burma VJ) (2010)
Ecuador Guadalupe Llori (Ecuadorian politician) (2010) Xavier Bonilla (Ecuadorean political cartoonist for leading newspaper El Universo) (2017)
Egypt Mona Eltahawy (award-winning Egyptian journalist) (2010) Wael Ghonim (Egyptian internet activist) (2011) Bassem Youssef (Egyptian satirist and television host) (2014) Soraya Bahgat (Egyptian-Finnish women's rights advocate and founder of Tahrir Bodyguard) (2013) Omar Sharif Jr. (grandson of film star Omar Sharif, actor, model, and LGBT rights activist) (2016) Wael Ghonim (Egyptian internet activist and entrepreneur) (2018)
Eritrea
Filmon Debru (Eritrean Human Tracking Survivor) (2021)
Estonia Mart Laar (former Prime Minister, Estonia) (2010)
Finland Soraya Bahgat (Egyptian-Finnish women's rights advocate and founder of Tahrir Bodyguard) (2013)
France Philippe Douste-Blazy (former foreign minister of France) (2011)
Gabon Marc Ona Essangui (president and founder of two organizations in Gabon) (2015)
Germany Peter Thiel (co-founder, PayPal) (2010) Daniel Domscheit-Berg (founder, Openleaks) (2011) Siegmar Faust (German author) (2010)
Ghana George Ayittey (Ghanaian economist) (2011) Anas Aremeyaw Anas (undercover journalist) (2017)
India Vincent Manoharan (Indian Dalit rights advocate) (2011) Kenan Malik (Indian-born English free expression advocate) (2015)
Iran Kambiz Hosseini (Iranian satirist, actor, and television and radio host) (2015) Maryam Faghihimani (Iranian human rights scholar and activist) (2015) Marina Nemat (former political prisoner, Iran) (2010, 2011) Shirin Ebadi (Iranian Nobel Laureate) (2011)
Iraq Vian Dakhil (Iraqi parliamentarian) (2017) Omar Mohammed (Iraqi Historian - Founder of Mosul Eye) (2018) Ahmed Albasheer (Iraqi Comedian) (2021)
Israel Dana Weiss (anchor, Israel's Channel 2 News) (2011) Essam Daod (Israeli Psychiatrist) (2021)
Latvia Vytautas Landsbergis (former Latvian President) (2009)
Liberia Samuel Kofi Woods (Minister of Public Works, Liberia) (2010) Leymah Gbowee (Liberian activist) (2011)
Libya Ghazi Gheblawi (Libyan writer) (2011) Alaa Murabit (Libyan human rights activist and founder of NGO) (2015) Asma Khalifa (Libyan women's rights and peace activist) (2018)
Malawi Violet Banda (Malawian youth radio host) (2011) Memory Banda (Malawian girls' rights activist) (2017)
Malaysia Anwar Ibrahim (Leader of the Opposition, Malaysia) (2010) Nurul Izzah Anwar (Malaysian politician) (2015)
Maldives Mohamed Nasheed (human rights and environmental activist - the Maldives' first democratically elected president, serving from 2008 to 2012) (2017)
Mauritania Abdel Nasser Ould Ethmane (founder, Mauritania's SOS Slaves) (2011)
Mexico Sandra Rodriguez Nieto (Mexican journalist) (2015)
Morocco Ahmed Benchemsi (Moroccan journalist) (2011,12) Zineb El Rhazoui (Moroccan born journalist) (2015)
Nicaragua
Berta Valle (Nicaraguan journalist and human rights activist) (2021)
Nigeria Wole Soyinka (Nigerian playwright and poet) (2016) DJ Switch (Nigerian Artist) (2021)
North Korea Kang Chol-hwan (author, Aquariums of Pyongyang) (2010) Park Sang Hak (North Korean democracy activist) (2009) Ji Seong-ho (North Korean refugee and president of a North Korean NGO) (2015) Grace Jo (North Korean defector, activist, and the vice president of North Korean Refugees in the USA (NKinUSA) (2017) Yeonmi Park (North Korean defector and expert on the country's black market economy) (2014)
Norway Børge Brende (Foreign Minister of Norway and former managing director of the World Economic Forum) (2015) Åsne Seierstad (author, The Bookseller of Kabul) (2010) Knut Olav Amas (political editor, Norway's Aftenposten) (2011) Hanne Skartveit (political editor, Norway's Verdens Gang) (2011) Magne Ove Varsi (indigenous rights leader) (2009) Peder Lunde (Norwegian Olympic medallist) (2009) Kai Eide (U.N. Special Representative to Afghanistan and Head of UNAMA) (2010) Arne L. Lynngård (president of the Rafto Foundation) (2009) Jan Egeland (director, Human Rights Watch Europe) (2011) Jan Erik Helgesen (president, Venice Commission) (2010) John Peder Egenaes (secretary general, Amnesty International Norway) (2009) Therese Jebsen (executive director, Rafto Foundation) (2010) Fabian Stang (mayor, City of Oslo) (2011) Kjell Magne Bondevik (former Norwegian Prime Minister) (2009,10) Kristin Clemet (former education minister) (2009,10) Erna Solberg (current Norwegian Prime Minister of Norway) (2017)
Pakistan Asma Jahangir (leading Pakistani lawyer) (2012) Mukhtar Mai (Pakistani women's rights advocate) (2010) Maria Toorpakai Wazir (professional Pakistani squash player and women's rights activist) (2017)
Palestine Izzeldin Abuelaish (Palestinian doctor) (2011) Iyad El-Baghdadi (Palestinian writer from the Arab Spring) (2014)
Peru Hernando de Soto (Peruvian economist) (via video) (2010) Alejandro Toledo (former president of Peru) (2011)
Poland Lech Wałęsa (former Polish president; Nobel Laureate) (2010)
Romania Elie Wiesel (author, Night) (via video) (2009) Emil Constantinescu (former president of Romania) (2009,10,11)
Russia Elena Kostyuchenko (Russian journalist and LGBT rights advocate) (2015) Grigory Shvedov (Russian journalist) (2011) Mark Belinsky (Digital Democracy) (2010) Garry Kasparov (Russian chess grandmaster and democracy advocate) (2010, 2011) Vladimir Bukovsky (former Soviet political prisoner) (2009, 2010) Vladimir Kara-Murza (Russian opposition activist) (2016) Zhanna Nemtsova (Russian journalist, social activist) (2017) Mikhail Khodorkovsky (Russian entrepreneur) (2014) Alexei Navalny (Russian Activist) (2021)
Saudi Arabia Manal al-Sharif (women's rights activist) (2012)
Serbia
Srdja Popovic (Serbian political activist and founder of Otpor!)
Singapore Chee Soon Juan (Singapore Democratic Party leader) (2012)
Somalia Leyla Hussein (psychotherapist, writer, specialist on female genital mutilation and gender rights) (2017)
South Africa Andrew Feinstein (former South African politician) (2012) Busi Kheswa (South African LGBT activist) (2011) Lebogang Mashile (South African actress and poet) (2018)
Spain Maria Antonia Sánchez-Vallejo (foreign editor, Spain's El Pais) (2011)
Sudan Amir Ahmad Nasr (Sudanese blogger) (2011) Erik Hersman (co-founder, Ushahidi software) (2011) Lubna al-Hussein (Sudanese women's rights advocate) (2010) Mohamed Nagi Alassam (Sudanese trade unionist and pro democracy activist) (2020) Swaziland Thulani Maseko (human rights lawyer) (2016)
Sweden Claes Arvidsson (foreign editor, Sweden's Svenska Dagbladet) (2011) Birgitta Ohlsson (Swedish Minister for European Union Affairs) (2010,11) Ludmila Christeseva (Belarus-born Sweden-based artist and art manager / Women Weave for Peace) (2023)
Syria Raed Fares (pro-democracy activist) (2017) Abdulrahman al-Mawwas (co-founder of the Syrian Civil Defense) (2017)
Thailand Pravit Rojanaphruk (Persecuted Thai journalist and dissident) (2015) Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal (Student Activist of Chulalongkorn University) (2018)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5xeVZYI9hs "Netiwit Chotiphatphaisal | The Student vs. The Military | 2018 Rap Against Dictatorship (rap artist group & political activists) (2019)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRoHAc7huaA "‘ประเทศกูมี’ ในงาน Oslo Freedom Forum 2019 : Rap Against Dictatorship" Thanathorn Juangroongruangkit (Thai opposition leader) (2021)
Tibet Palden Gyatso (former Buddhist prisoner of conscience) (2009)
Tunisia Amira Yahyaoui (Founder of Al Bawsala, a Tunisian NGO) (2015) Lina Ben Mhenni (Tunisian activist) (2012)
Turkey Leyla Zana (former Turkish political prisoner) (2009) Mustafa Akyol (Turkish author and journalist) (2015) Elif Shafak (Turkish novelist) (2017) Hatice Cengiz (Turkish Activist) (2021)
Uganda Kasha Nabagesera (Ugandan rights activist) (2010)
Uruguay Luis Almagro (lawyer, diplomat, and 10th Secretary General of the Organization of American States) (2017)
United Arab Emirates