Johan Sigurd Karlsen (5 May 1894 – 11 June 1967) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in

Fredrikstad Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad. The city of Fredrikstad was founded in 15 ...

. He was elected to the

Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years base ...

from

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag () was a county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. To the west is the No ...

in 1954, and was re-elected on two occasions. Karlsen was mayor of

Strinda Strinda is a former municipality in the old Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1964. The municipality encompassed the eastern part of what is now the municipality of Trondheim south and ea ...

municipality for a brief time in 1945, and deputy mayor from 1945–1947.

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* 1894 births 1967 deaths Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Sør-Trøndelag Politicians from Trondheim Politicians from Fredrikstad Place of death missing 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1890s-stub