Helmer Mikkelsen (26 September 1930 – 19 June 1989) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in

Børselv , , or is a village in Porsanger Municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. It is located at the base of the Sværholt Peninsula, along the east side of the Porsangerfjorden, at the outlet of the river Børselva. The village of Brenna lies a ...

, and was the mayor of

Porsanger Municipality Porsanger (; ) is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Finnmark Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Lakselv. Other villages in the municipality include Børselv, Brenn ...

from 1967 to 1975. He was a member of

Finnmark Finnmark (; ; ; ; ) is a counties of Norway, county in northern Norway. By land, it borders Troms county to the west, Finland's Lapland (Finland), Lapland region to the south, and Russia's Murmansk Oblast to the east, and by water, the Norweg ...

county council A county council is the elected administrative body governing an area known as a county. This term has slightly different meanings in different countries. Australia In the Australian state of New South Wales, county councils are special purpose ...

from 1975 to 1987. During the last term, he served as county mayor. From May 1986 to April 1987, he was ill, and Oddny Aleksandersen took over as acting county mayor. He was also a deputy board member of ''

Ságat ''Ságat'' is a Sámi newspaper written in Norwegian that is published in Leavdnja in Porsanger Municipality, Finnmark county, Norway. History and profile ''Ságat'' was founded in Vadsø in 1957 and moved to Leavdnja in 1981, where it still i ...

'' from 1988 to 1989. He died in 1989.

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1930 births 1989 deaths Labour Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Finnmark Chairpersons of County Councils of Norway {{Norway-mayor-stub