Karl Olsen

For those of a similar name, see Carl Olson (disambiguation) and Carl Olsson (disambiguation).

Karl Olsen (27 December 1910 – 21 February 1999) was a Norwegian civil servant.

He was born in Farsund, and graduated as siv.ing. from the Norwegian Institute of Technology. From 1962 to 1980 he served as director of the Norwegian Directorate of Public Roads.[1][2] Before this he worked in the administration of Bærum municipality. From 1952 to 1956 he was president of the Norwegian Association of Civil Engineers,[3] an organization now known as Tekna.

He resided at Høvik.[4] He died in February 1999 in Bærum.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Karl Olsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian).
  2. 1 2 Skari, Bent. "Karl Olsen". In Helle, Knut. Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
  3. ↑ Knutsen, Sverre; Boge, Knut (2005). Norsk vegpolitikk etter 1960 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 82. ISBN 978-82-02-24348-7.
  4. ↑ "Karl Olsen 85 år 27. desember" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 8 December 1995.
Government offices
Preceded by
Thomas Offenberg Backer		 Director of the Norwegian Directorate of Public Roads
1962–1980 		Succeeded by
Eskild Jensen


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