Reidar Engell Olsen (10 May 1933 – 18 June 2016) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. Olsen served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from

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 ...

during the terms 1969–1973 and 1973–1977. In total he met during 9 days of parliamentary session. From 1973 to 1979, during Bratteli's Second Cabinet and

Nordli's Cabinet Nordli's Cabinet governed Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote ...

, Engell Olsen was appointed State Secretary in the

Ministry of Industry A Ministry of Trade and Industry, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry or variations is a ministry that is concerned with a nation's trade, industry and commerce. Notable examples are: List *Algeria: Ministry of Industry and ...

. He also served as mayor of

Tinn Tinn is a municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional regions of Upper Telemark and Øst-Telemark. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Rjukan. The parish of ...

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1933 births 2016 deaths Norwegian state secretaries Deputy members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Telemark People from Tinn {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub