Johannes Olai Olsen was a Norwegian fisher and 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....

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He was born in Måsøy

Måsøy

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

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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 1945, and was re-elected on four occasions.

Olsen was mayor of Måsøy

Måsøy

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

 municipality between 1928 and 1946, with the exception of a period between 1940 to 1945, during the German occupation of Norway. He was also a long-time member of Finnmark county council.

His son Trygve Olsen

Trygve Olsen

Trygve Jens Asbjørn Olsen was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.He was born in Måsøy.Trygve Olsen was the son of Parliament member Johannes Olai Olsen, but was not elected to parliament. Instead, he worked as a fisher from 1939...

later became mayor of Måsøy, as well as a cabinet member.