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

Tromsø Tromsø is a List of towns and cities in Norway, city in Tromsø Municipality in Troms county, Norway. The city is the administrative centre of the municipality as well as the administrative centre of Troms county. The city is located on the is ...

. 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 Red Electoral Alliance (, , RV) was an alliance of far-left groups formed into a Norwegian political party to promote revolutionary socialism ideals into the Norwegian parliament. The party dissolved itself on 10 March 2007, when it participated ...

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