Tom Cato Karlsen

Tom Cato Karlsen
County Governor of Nordland
Assumed office
1 January 2019
MonarchHarald V
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
Jonas Gahr Støre
Preceded byHill-Marta Solberg
Deputy Mayor of Bodø
In office
October 2011  17 October 2014
MayorOle-Henrik Hjartøy
Preceded byKirsten Hasvoll
Succeeded byAllan Ellingsen
State Secretary for the Ministry of Transport and Communications
In office
17 October 2014  1 December 2017
Prime MinisterErna Solberg
MinisterKetil Solvik-Olsen
Personal details
Born (1974-06-24) 24 June 1974
Norway
CitizenshipNorway
Political partyProgress
OccupationAnesthesiologist
ProfessionPolitician

Tom Cato Karlsen (born 24 June 1974) is a Norwegian politician and anesthesiologist. He was served as a deputy representative for the Storting for Nordland county from 2013 to 2017 and as a state secretary for the Ministry of Transport and Communications from 2014 to 2017. On 26 October 2018, he was appointed to be the new County Governor of Nordland county, assuming office on 1 January 2019.