Harald Nicolai Samuelsberg (6 November 1911 – 23 April 1986) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party

Norwegian Labour Party

The Labour Party is a social-democratic political party in Norway. It is the senior partner in the current Norwegian government as part of the Red-Green Coalition, and its leader, Jens Stoltenberg, is the current Prime Minister of Norway....

. He was born in Loppa

Loppa

Loppa is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Øksfjord. Loppa was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...

 and his only education was high school

High school

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, which he completed at the age of seventeen.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Finnmark

Finnmark

or Finnmárku is a county in the extreme northeast of Norway. By land it borders Troms county to the west, Finland to the south and Russia to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea to the northwest, and the Barents Sea to the north and northeast.The county was formerly known as Finmarkens...

 in 1958, and was re-elected on two occasions. He had previously served as a deputy representative in the period 1950–1953.

Samuelsberg was mayor of Loppa

Loppa

Loppa is a municipality in Finnmark county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Øksfjord. Loppa was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838...

municipality during the term 1959–1961, and deputy mayor in 1962–1963. In total he held various positions from 1937–1940 and 1947–1967.