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 Finnmark (; se, Finnmárku ; fkv, Finmarku; fi, Ruija ; russian: Финнмарк) was a county in the northern part of Norway, and it is scheduled to become a county again in 2024. On 1 January 2020, Finnmark was merged with the neighbouri ...

during the terms 1950–1953, 1958–1961 and 1961–1965. Born in

Nord-Varanger Nord-Varanger is a former municipality in Finnmark county in Norway. The municipality existed from 1894 until its dissolution in 1964. It was located in the present-day Vadsø Municipality on the southern half of the Varanger Peninsula, east o ...

, 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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1912 births 1975 deaths People from Vadsø Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Mayors of Vadsø Chairmen of County Councils of Norway {{Norway-politician-1910s-stub