Per Magnus Karstensen (22 October 1915 – 24 December 2010) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Labour Party.

Career

He was born in Mosjøen. He attended primary school in Ytteren, then a folk high school from 1931 to 1932. He studied at Nesna Teacher's College, took the examen artium in 1943 and graduated with the cand.philol. degree in 1951. He worked as a school teacher in

Bodin Bodin is a parish and former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1968. It was a large municipality encompassing all of the mainland area around the town of Bodø and part of the ...

and

Nord-Rana Nord-Rana (historically: ''Mo herred'') is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1839 until its dissolution in 1964. From 1839 until 1844, it was named ''Nord-Ranen'', from 1844 until 1923, it was called ...

from 1940 to 1944, then in Mo i Rana from 1944. He was promoted to school inspector in 1961, and served as school director of

Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...

from 1971 to 1973. He became involved in politics, and was deputy mayor of Nord-Rana municipality during the terms 1945–1947 and 1959–1963, mayor of Nord-Rana from 1963 to 1964 and of its successor municipality Rana from 1964 to 1965. From 1963 to 1967 he was a member of Nordland county council. He chaired his local party chapter from 1951 to 1952, and the regional chapter from 1955 to 1958. From 1960 to 1963 he was a member of the Schei Committee. He was elected to the

Parliament of Norway 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 bas ...

from

1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndo ...

, and was re-elected on three occasions in

1969 This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to ...

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: Citing progress in peace negotiations, U.S. ...

and

1977 Events January * January 8 – Three bombs explode in Moscow within 37 minutes, killing seven. The bombings are attributed to an Armenian separatist group. * January 10 – Mount Nyiragongo erupts in eastern Zaire (now the Democratic R ...

. He chaired the Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs from 1969 to 1973 and was Vice President of the Odelsting from 1977 to 1981. He was a member of the Hålogaland Court of Appeal from 1946 to 1965. He was also a board member of Riksteatret from 1965 to 1981, Biblioteksentralen from 1969 to 1976, the bank Nordlandsbanken from 1970 to 1978 and the newspaper ''

Rana Blad ''Rana Blad'' is a daily, regional newspaper published in Mo i Rana, Norway. With a circulation of 10,595, it covers Northern Helgeland. The newspaper is owned by A-Pressen Amedia AS is the second largest media company in Norway (the largest is ...

'' from 1983 to 1987. He was a member of the Norwegian UNESCO Commission from 1973 to 1977 and the Broadcasting Council from 1982 to 1986. He issued several books on local history.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Karstensen, Per 1915 births 2010 deaths People from Vefsn People from Rana, Norway Labour Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Mayors of places in Nordland Norwegian educators 20th-century Norwegian historians 20th-century Norwegian politicians