Herman Kristoffersen (born 24 August 1947) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He is known as a former mayor of

Tromsø Tromsø (, , ; se, Romsa ; fkv, Tromssa; sv, Tromsö) is a municipality in Troms og Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tromsø. Tromsø lies in Northern Norway. The municipality is the 21s ...

. Kristoffersen was elected mayor in 1999, and again in 2003. In 2003 however, he had to form a coalition with the Socialist Left Party in order to take office. Kristoffersen did not stand for re-election in

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. He was succeeded by Arild Hausberg of the same party. Kristoffersen is popularly known as ''Red Herman'' reflecting his former involvement in the Workers' Communist Party and the Red Electoral Alliance.

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1947 births Living people Red Party (Norway) politicians Labour Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Tromsø {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub