About Henry Nikolai Karlsen
Lived 1912 – 1975 (aged 63). Henry Nikolai Karlsen was a Norwegian politician and farmer.
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 1950–1953, 1958–1961 and 1961–1965.
Born in Nord-Varanger Municipality, Karlsen was mayor of Nord-Varanger Municipality from 1945 to 1963. When the municipality was incorporated into Vadsø Municipality, 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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Who was Henry Nikolai Karlsen?
Norwegian politician
When was Henry Nikolai Karlsen born?
Henry Nikolai Karlsen was born on 15 April 1912 in Kiby.
When did Henry Nikolai Karlsen die?
Henry Nikolai Karlsen died on 11 October 1975 in Vadsø.
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Henry Nikolai Karlsen was a politician and farmer.
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Henry Nikolai Karlsen was Norwegian.
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