Karl Olsen (27 December 1910 – 21 February 1999) was a Norwegian civil servant.

Early life

He was born in

Farsund is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Lister Region, Lister. The administrative centre of the municipality is the Farsund (town ...

, and graduated as siv.ing. from the

Norwegian Institute of Technology The Norwegian Institute of Technology ( Norwegian: ''Norges tekniske høgskole'', NTH) was a science institute in Trondheim, Norway. It was established in 1910, and existed as an independent technical university for 58 years, after which it was ...

Career

From 1962 to 1980 he served as director of the Norwegian Directorate of Public Roads. Before this he worked in the administration of

Bærum Bærum () is a list of municipalities of Norway, municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Akershus County, Norway. It forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a populatio ...

municipality. From 1952 to 1956 he was president of the Norwegian Association of Civil Engineers, an organization now known as

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Private life

He resided at

Høvik Høvik is a suburban area in the municipality of Bærum, Akershus, Norway, within the Oslo metropolitan area. Primarily a residential area, its population was 4,311 in 2005. Høvik is typically divided into two parts: Nedre (lower) and Øvre (up ...

. He died in February 1999 in Bærum.

References

1910 births 1999 deaths People from Farsund Norwegian Institute of Technology alumni 20th-century Norwegian engineers Directors of government agencies of Norway People from Bærum Directorate of Public Roads people {{Norway-road-stub