Reidar Carlsen

{{Short description|Norwegian politician (1908–1987)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image= Stortinget_på_ski_-_L0044_696Fo30141609070111_(cropped).jpg

| office= Chairman of Foreningen Norden in Norway

| term_start= 1969

| term_end= 1981

| predecessor= Harald Throne-Holst

| successor= Helge Seip

| office2= Minister of Fisheries

| term_start2= 1 July 1946

| term_end2= 19 November 1951

| primeminister2= Einar Gerhardsen

| predecessor2= Position established

| successor2= Peder Holt

| office3= Member of the Norwegian Parliament

| term_start3= 4 December 1945

| term_end3= 30 September 1961

| constituency3= Nordland

| birth_date= {{birth date|1908|7|1|df=y}}

| birth_place= Bodin, Nordland, Norway

| death_date= {{Death date and age|1987|5|2|1908|7|1|df=y}}

| death_place= Oslo, Norway

| spouse= {{Marriage|Erna Alvide Jensen|February 10, 1932}}{{cite web | url= https://nbl.snl.no/Reidar_Carlsen | title= Reidar Carlsen - Norsk biografisk leksikon | language= Norwegian | publisher= Store Norske Leksikon | date= 13 February 2009 | accessdate= 23 September 2020}}

| party= Labour

}}

Reidar Carlsen (1 July 1908 – 2 May 1987) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.[http://stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=RECA Reidar Carlsen (Stortingets informasjonshjørne)]

Reidar Carlsen was born in Bodin Municipality in Nordland county, Norway. He studied at the National School of Forestry (Skogskolen) in the town of Steinkjer (1928–1929).

He was Member of Parliament of Norway from 1945 to 1961. He was Minister of Trade 1945–1946, and Minister of Fisheries 1946–1951. He served as Director of the Regional Development Fund 1961–78.