Halvard Olsen

{{Short description | Norwegian politician and trade Union leader}}

{{Use dmy dates |date=August 2023}}

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| birth_place = Kvæfjord, Norway

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Halvard Olsen (23 January 1886 – 5 August 1966) was a Norwegian politician and trade Union leader.

Olsen was born in Kvæfjord Municipality. He chaired the Norwegian Union of Iron and Metal Workers from 1919, and then the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 1925 to 1934.{{cite encyclopedia |title=Halvard Olsen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |editor-last=Godal | editor-first=Anne Marit | editor-link=Anne Marit Godal |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Halvard_Olsen |language=Norwegian | accessdate=7 May 2013 }}{{cite encyclopedia |title=Halvard Olsen |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Jorunn |last=Bjørgum |authorlink= |editor=Helle, Knut |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Halvard_Olsen/utdypning |language=Norwegian|accessdate=7 May 2013}}

He was also deputy chairman of the Communist Party of Norway and the first holders of this post.

During the German occupation of Norway he became a collaborator with Nasjonal Samling and the occupants. In 1946, he was sentenced to forced labour, but pardoned in 1950.