Molde (help·info) is a town and municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. It is part of the Romsdal region. The municipality is located on the Romsdal Peninsula, surrounding the Fannefjord and Moldefjord. The town is located on the northern shore of the Romsdalsfjord on the Romsdal Peninsula.

The town of Molde is the administrative center of Møre og Romsdal county, the administrative center of the municipality of Molde, the commercial hub of Romsdal, and the headquarters of the Diocese of Møre. Other main population centers in the municipality include Hjelset, Kleive, and Nesjestranda.

Molde has a maritime, temperate climate, with cool-to-warm summers, and relatively mild winters.

It is an old settlement which emerged as a trading post in the late Middle Ages. Formal trading rights were introduced in 1614, and the city was incorporated through a royal charter in 1742. Molde was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see formannskapsdistrikt)

The town continued to grow throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, becoming a centre for Norwegian textile and garment industry, as well as the administrative center for the region, and a major tourist destination.

Freddy dos Santos (born 2 October 1976 in Oslo) is former Norwegian footballer who was playing most of his career for Vålerenga in the Norwegian Premier League.

Dos Santos have played as a defender, midfield and attack. His former clubs are Skeid and Molde.

He started his career at Skeid. During the last two seasons with them he played in the Norwegian top division.

In 1998 season moved to Molde, after Skeid got relegated from the top-flight. In his first two seasons he helped them getting a back-to-back silver medal in the league, also playing in the group stages of the 1999-2000 Champions League.

He moved back to Oslo in 2001 and joined Vålerenga, who had just been relegated from the Norwegian premier league. He helped them secure direct promotion. He started both finals in which Vålerenga won the Norwegian Football Cup, in 2002 and 2008. In 2005, he won the Norwegian Premier League.

He has played over 300 games for Vålerenga, more than any player in the history of the club.

He has played several games at various youth levels for Norway, but never played in the senior side. He could potentially feature for Cape Verde as his father is born there.

José Luis Rodríguez (born February 21, 1951) is a Mexican Luchador Enmascarado (masked professional wrestler) who wrestles under the ring name Dos Caras (Spanish for Two faces). Dos Caras' most active years were in the 1970s and 80s, and achieved his greatest success in Mexico's Universal Wrestling Alliance (UWA) winning the UWA World Heavyweight Championship three times. He has been called "the greatest heavyweight ever to come out of Mexico".

Rodríguez made his debut on January 6, 1970 at the age of 18 after training under Rafael Salamanca and Gory Medina. He adopted the ring name Dos Caras upon his debut, wearing a colorful mask with a figure of a two headed eagle on it to reflect his name. Rodríguez later stated that the name and mask was not inspired by the Two-Face comic book character but as a "two faced cheater" character (called a Rudo or Heel in pro wrestling). Through connections with his older brother who had been wrestling as Mil Mascaras for some years when Dos Caras made his debut he quickly landed a regular job with the professional wrestling promotion Empresa Mexicana de la Lucha Libre (EMLL), the world's oldest and Mexico's largest promotion. In the early years he often teamed with another brother who wrestles under the name Sicodélico in low card matches while gaining experience.

Jo Inge Berget (born 11 September 1990), is a Norwegian footballer playing for Molde in the Norwegian Premier League.

Berget started his career at Lyn and played twice before left the club.

Berget signed a reported 3-year contract with Udinese in July 2008. The club also signed team-mate Odion Ighalo and they played at Primavera U20 team.

In March 2009, he was loaned back to Lyn until 2 August. and later extended.

In December 2009, he was loaned to Strømsgodset for 1 year. In January 2011, his loan extended to 31 December 2011, but the loan deal was terminated when Berget was sold to Molde in July 2011.

Berget made his debut for Molde in a 1-0 win home against Lillestrøm, replacing Mattias Moström in the 74th minute. He scored his first goal in the title-deciding match against Tromsø on 2 October 2011. On 30 October 2011, he and the rest of Molde FK celebrated their first league championship.