Per Arne Lodding Olsen (21 February 1961 – 18 November 2022) was a Norwegian politician who served as a

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members o ...

for the Progress Party, where he held the position as second deputy leader. He served as the Governor of Vestfold from 2016 to 2019, and from 2019 until his death was the Governor of Vestfold og Telemark, elected by the King-in-Council. While

Vestfold Vestfold is a traditional region, a former county and a current electoral district in Eastern Norway. In 2020 the county became part of the much larger county of Vestfold og Telemark. Located on the western shore of the Oslofjord, it bordered t ...

and

Telemark Telemark is a traditional region, a former county, and a current electoral district in southern Norway. In 2020, Telemark merged with the former county of Vestfold to form the county of Vestfold og Telemark. Telemark borders the traditional ...

merged on 1 January 2020, the office of the Governor was merged a year before, on 1 January 2019. Olsen served as a deputy Member of Parliament 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 bas ...

from

from 2001 to 2009. He was also the mayor of

Tønsberg Tønsberg , historically Tunsberg, is a city and municipality in Vestfold og Telemark county, eastern Norway, located around south-southwest of Oslo on the western coast of the Oslofjord near its mouth onto the Skagerrak. The administrative c ...

from 2003 until 2009, when he became a Member of Parliament. Olsen died on 18 November 2022, at the age of 61.Statsforvalter Per Arne Olsen er død

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1961 births 2022 deaths 21st-century Norwegian politicians Deputy members of the Storting Mayors of places in Vestfold Politicians from Tønsberg Progress Party (Norway) politicians {{Norway-politician-1960s-stub