Knut Ragnar Mikkelsen (born 18 March 1951) is a Norwegian police chief. He was born in

Lunde, Telemark Lunde is a former municipality in Telemark county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1867 until its dissolution in 1964. The area is now part of Nome Municipality. It was part of the traditional district of Midt-Telemark. The administrati ...

, and graduated with the

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degree. He was a police superintendent in the

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police from 1981 to 1988, and worked as police inspector from 1990 to 1997. From 1 November to 31 December 1994 he was acting chief of police of

. He was the chief of police of

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from 1997 to 2001, and in 2001 he became assisting director of the

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1951 births Living people People from Nome, Norway People from Lunde, Telemark Norwegian police chiefs {{Norway-law-bio-stub