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{{Short description|Norwegian politician and playwright}}
'''Rolf Olsen''' (13 February 1818 – 7 June 1864) was a Norwegian politician and playwright.<ref>[http://www.snl.no/Rolf_Olsen/stortingsmann ''Rolf Olsen – stortingsmann'' (Store norske leksikon)]</ref>

==Biography==
Rolf Olsen was born in [[Bergen]], Norway. He was the son of Andreas Schram Olsen (1791–1841), the bailiff (''[[Byfoged|byfogd]]'') of Bergen. He was a student in [[Skien]] and earned a ''[[Candidatus juris]]'' in 1842. In 1846, he was employed as a clerk in the Interior Ministry until 1852. He also worked as a journalist, especially for ''[[Morgenbladet]]'', where he was an editor from 1848. Between 1840 and 1850, he wrote several plays including both tragedies and comedies.<ref>[http://ask.bibsys.no/ask/action/result?cmd=&kilde=biblio&fid=forfatter&term=Olsen%2C+Rolf+1818-1864&op=and&fid=bd&term=&arstall=&sortering=sortdate&treffPrSide=50 List of publications in BIBSYS]</ref>

He was elected to the [[Storting|Norwegian Parliament]] in 1854, 1857, 1859 and 1862, representing the constituency of [[Risør (town)|Østerrisøer]] in [[Aust-Agder|Nedenes]] county, Norway.<ref name="nsd">[http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=storting&lan=&MenuItem=N1_1&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=12278 Rolf Olsen] — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)</ref> In 1863, he was appointed as a judge in [[Gauldalen]], but died the following year.<ref name="nsd"/>

==Selected works==
* {{Lang|no|Den sidste viking}} (1840)
* {{Lang|no|Salonen eller Intrigen i Kræmmerhuset}} (1848)
* {{Lang|no|Kontrolløren, eller Eventyr paa Landet}} (1849)
* {{Lang|no|Tolvte ordentlige Storting}} (1850)

==References==
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