Henry Karlsen

Henry Nikolai Karlsen (15 April 1912 11 October 1975) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Finnmark during the terms 19501953, 19581961 and 19611965.

Born in Nord-Varanger, Karlsen was mayor of Nord-Varanger municipality from 1945 to 1963. When the municipality was incorporated into Vadsø, Karlsen was mayor of that municipality from 1963 to 1972. A member of the county committee in Finnmark from 1951, he became the first county mayor in 1963, and served until his death in 1975.

Outside politics he worked as a local bureaucrat from 1953 to 1968, and as a fisher and farmer.

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Preceded by
position created
County mayor of Finnmark
19631975
Succeeded by
Axel Samuelsberg



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