Tom Cato Karlsen (born 1974) is a Norwegian politician and
anesthesiologist
Anesthesiology, anaesthesiology, or anaesthesia is the medical specialty concerned with the total perioperative care of patients before, during and after surgery. It encompasses anesthesia, intensive care medicine, critical emergency medicine, ...
. He was elected as a deputy representative for 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 ...
for
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 ...
county from 2013 to 2017. He also was a
state secretary for the
Ministry of Transport and Communications from 2014 to 2017. On 26 October 2018, he was appointed to be the new
County Governor 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 ...
county.
References
1974 births
Living people
Nordland politicians
Politicians from Bodø
Progress Party (Norway) politicians
Deputy members of the Storting
Norwegian state secretaries
County governors of Norway
County governors of Nordland
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