August Herman Halvorsen

{{Short description|Norwegian politician (1866–1929)}}

August Herman Halvorsen (2 September 1866 - 6 January 1929) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Democrats.

He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament during the term 1919–1921, representing the rural constituency of Vest-Telemarken.[http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=storting&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=11065 August Herman Halvorsen] — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)

Born in Skien, he grew up in Holla and inherited his father's tanning business.

He was a member of Holla municipal council from 1898 to 1925, serving as mayor from 1916. He also served on a number of public committees, being chairman of the poor's relief agency from 1903 to 1906 and the public trustee's office from 1916 to 1922. For an unknown period he was a member of the county committee of Telemark.