Karl Olsen
Karl Olsen (27 December 1910 – 21 February 1999) was a Norwegian civil servant.
Early life[]
He was born in Farsund, and graduated as siv.ing. from the Norwegian Institute of Technology.
Career[]
From 1962 to 1980 he served as director of the Norwegian Directorate of Public Roads.[1][2] Before this he worked in the administration of Bærum municipality. From 1952 to 1956 he was president of the Norwegian Association of Civil Engineers,[3] an organization now known as Tekna.
Private life[]
He resided at Høvik.[4] He died in February 1999 in Bærum.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Karl Olsen". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian).
- ^ a b Skari, Bent. "Karl Olsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
- ^ Knutsen, Sverre; Boge, Knut (2005). Norsk vegpolitikk etter 1960 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 82. ISBN 978-82-02-24348-7.
- ^ "Karl Olsen 85 år 27. desember" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 8 December 1995.
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