Karsten Torkildsen

Karsten Ingemann Torkildsen (18 December 1896 – 26 February 1979) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party.

He was born in Kristiania and married in 1932. He moved to Rjukan in 1915 and started his trade union career here as vice chair of the Rjukan faglige samorg in 1920. He also held this post in 1924 and 1925, and was deputy chair of Rjukan Labour Party in 1920. He was a deputy member of Tinn municipal council from 1919 to 1922 and councilman from 1928 to 1930. In 1927 and 1930 he chaired Rjukan faglige samorg. From 1930 to 1934 he was employed as secretary of Øvre Telemark faglige samorg and Telemark Labour Party. He moved to Notodden where he chaired the local party chapter from 1931 to 1934 and the co-op from 1933 to 1934. He later served as chairman here after the war, from 1947 to 1951.