Tom Cato Karlsen | |
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County Governor of Nordland | |
Assumed office 1 January 2019 | |
Monarch | Harald V |
Prime Minister | Erna Solberg Jonas Gahr Støre |
Preceded by | Hill-Marta Solberg |
Deputy Mayor of Bodø | |
In office October 2011 –17 October 2014 | |
Mayor | Ole-Henrik Hjartøy |
Preceded by | Kirsten Hasvoll |
Succeeded by | Allan Ellingsen |
State Secretary for the Ministry of Transport and Communications | |
In office 17 October 2014 –1 December 2017 | |
Prime Minister | Erna Solberg |
Minister | Ketil Solvik-Olsen |
Personal details | |
Born | Norway | 24 June 1974
Citizenship | Norway |
Political party | Progress |
Occupation | Anesthesiologist |
Profession | Politician |
Tom Cato Karlsen (born 24 June 1974) is a Norwegian politician and anesthesiologist. He was served as a deputy representative for the Storting for Nordland county from 2013 to 2017 and as a state secretary for the Ministry of Transport and Communications from 2014 to 2017. [1] On 26 October 2018,he was appointed to be the new County Governor of Nordland county,assuming office on 1 January 2019. [2]
Karlsen was a member of the Bodø Municipal Council between 2003 and 2015. [3] During this time he also served as deputy mayor of Bodøbetween 2011 and 2014,when he resigned to become state secretary at the Ministry of Transport. [4] He was succeeded by Allan Ellingsen. [5]
Karlsen was appointed as state secretary to the Ministry of Transport on 17 October 2014. He resigned from the post on 1 December 2017,sighting family reasons and returned to his civilian job in his native Bodø. [6]
Karlsen was appointed county governor of Nordland on 26 October 2018 and assumed office on 1 January 2019,succeeding Hill-Marta Solberg. [2] He was renominated for a second six-year-term in April 2024,commencing from 1 January 2025. [7]