Leopold Tallaksen (19 June 1908 – 18 November 1983) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.

He took his secondary education at Kristiansand Cathedral School, and graduated from there in 1927. He then spent periods of time abroad, to learn the trade in the family business, wholesaling. He was vice chairman of Young Liberals of Norway, the youth wing of the Liberal Party, from 1936 to 1946. From 1938 to 1940, he sat on the city council of Arendal

Arendal

is a town and municipality in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway. Arendal belongs to the traditional region of Sørlandet.The town of Arendal is the administrative center the municipality and also of Aust-Agder county...

. From 1943 to 1945, he was imprisoned by the German occupants of Norway in Sachsenhausen concentration camp

Sachsenhausen concentration camp

Sachsenhausen or Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a Nazi concentration camp in Oranienburg, Germany, used primarily for political prisoners from 1936 to the end of the Third Reich in May, 1945. After World War II, when Oranienburg was in the Soviet Occupation Zone, the structure was used as an NKVD...

 in Germany

Germany

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After the war he served twice as mayor of the city of Kristiansand

Kristiansand

-History:As indicated by archeological findings in the city, the Kristiansand area has been settled at least since 400 AD. A royal farm is known to have been situated on Oddernes as early as 800, and the first church was built around 1040...

, from 1956 to 1963 and 1966 to 1971, and was county mayor of Vest-Agder

Vest-Agder

In the 16th century, Dutch merchant vessels began to visit ports in southern Norway to purchase salmon and other goods. Soon thereafter the export of timber began, as oak from southern Norway was exceptionally well suited for shipbuilding...

 between 1972 and 1975. He also served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder during the term 1965–1969. In 1972 he chaired the county chapter of Ja til EF. He chaired the board of the National Insurance Scheme Fund

The Government Pension Fund of Norway

The Government Pension Fund of Norway comprises two entirely separate sovereign wealth funds owned by the Government of Norway:* The Government Pension Fund - Global...

 and was a board member of the Bank of Norway, the Union of Norwegian Cities

Union of Norwegian Cities

The Union of Norwegian Cities was an employers' organisation in Norway.It was founded in 1903. Hans Thomas Knudtzon has been credited with taking the initiative. Its headquarters were in the street Arbiens gate, later in the building Kommunenes Hus in Haakon VIIs gate...

 and Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities

Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities

The Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities is an employers' organisation in Norway.It was founded in 1972 as a merger between the Union of Norwegian Cities and the Norwegian Association of Rural Municipalities...

. Tallaksen was a Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav and the Legion of Honour.