Karl Henry Karlsen
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Karl Henry Karlsen was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party
Norwegian Labour Party
The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....

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He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Østfold
Østfold
is a county in southeastern Norway, bordering Akershus and southwestern Sweden , while Buskerud and Vestfold is on the other side of the bay. The seat of the county administration is Sarpsborg, and Fredrikstad is the largest city.Many manufacturing facilities are situated here. Moss and...

 in 1954, but was not re-elected in 1958. He had previously served as a deputy representative during the term 1950–1953, but sat through most of this term as a regular representative, replacing Anton Berge
Anton Berge
Anton Berge was a Norwegian agronomist and politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Gjemnes.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Østfold in 1950...

 who died in July 1951.

Born in Fredrikshald
Fredrikshald
Fredrikshald may refer to:* Fredrikshald Bay, Nunavut, Canada* Fredrikshald, Norway, former name of the town of Halden...

, Karlsen was a member of the executive committee of Tune
Tune, Norway
Tune is a former municipality in Østfold county, Norway. The former municipality originally covered the current Sarpsborg municipality with the exception of Skjeberg and with the addition of Rolvsøy.-History:...

 municipal council between 1925 and 1937, and served as mayor from 1937 to 1941 and 1945 to 1971. He chaired the local party chapter from 1923 to 1926. He was also a long-time member of Østfold county council
County council (Norway)
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Outside of politics, he had education from 1912 as a mechanic. From 1930 to 1963 he was the manager of Greåker Cellulosefabrik, a cellulose
Cellulose
Cellulose is an organic compound with the formula , a polysaccharide consisting of a linear chain of several hundred to over ten thousand β linked D-glucose units....

 factory at Greåker
Greåker
Greåker is a borough in the city of Sarpsborg, Norway, located 7 km west of the city centre. Before 1992 Greåker was a part of Tune municipality. It is situated at the river Glomma just between Sarpsborg and Fredrikstad....

. He was involved in his trade union, and was also especially concerned about the fight against tuberculosis
Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis, MTB, or TB is a common, and in many cases lethal, infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Tuberculosis usually attacks the lungs but can also affect other parts of the body...

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