Karl Olsen

Karl Olsen (1910 - 1999) was a Norwegian civil servant.

He was born in Farsund, and graduated as siv.ing. from the Norwegian Institute of Technology. From 1962 to 1980 he served as director of the Norwegian Directorate of Public Roads.cite encyclopedia |year=2007 |title=Olsen, Karl |encyclopedia=Aschehoug og Gyldendals Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location= |url=http://www.snl.no/article.html?id=703711 ] Before this he worked in the administration of Bærum municipality. From 1952 to 1956 he was president of the Norwegian Association of Civil Engineers, [cite book |title=Norsk vegpolitikk etter 1960 |last=Knutsen |first=Sverre |coauthors=Knut Boge |year=2005 |publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo |isbn=978-82-02-24348-7 |pages=82 ] an organization now known as Tekna.

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