{{short description|Norwegian speed skater}} {{Use dmy dates | date=January 2025}} [[File:Bundesarchiv Bild 102-05456, St. Moritz, Winterolympiade.jpg|thumb|right|The race between Carlsen (left) and Erhard Mayke (right) at the 1928 Winter Olympics]]
'''Armand Henning Carlsen''' (20 October 1905 – 8 May 1969) was a Norwegian speed skater who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics.
In 1928 he finished fifth in the 5000 metres event. He also started in the abandoned 10000 metres competition.<ref name=sref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/armand-carlsen-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418034147/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/armand-carlsen-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Armand Carlsen|publisher=Sports-Reference.com|accessdate=20 April 2009}}</ref> He held the world record in the 10,000 metres distance between 1928 and 1939, clocking in 17:17.4 minutes at the 1928 World Championships.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|year=2007|title=Armand Carlsen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|editor=Henriksen, Petter|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|first=Rolf|last=Bryhn|url=http://www.snl.no/Armand_Carlsen|language=Norwegian|accessdate=20 April 2009}}</ref> His other personal best times were 46.5 seconds in the 500 metres (1931); 2.23.6 minutes in the 1500 metres (1928); and 8.34.0 minutes in the 5000 metres (1928).<ref name=sref/>
He represented the club Oslo SK,<ref name=snl/> and chaired the Norwegian Skating Association from 1956 to 1961.<ref>{{cite book|title=Norges Skøyteforbunds årbok 2003–2005|editor=Gjerde, Arild|publisher=Norwegian Skating Association|location=Oslo|year=2005|page=183|url=http://www.skoyteforbundet.no/filarkiv/publikasjoner/aarbok_2003-2005.pdf|language=Norwegian|accessdate=20 April 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222202806/http://www.skoyteforbundet.no/filarkiv/publikasjoner/aarbok_2003-2005.pdf|archive-date=22 February 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> For his achievements in both speed skating and cycling, he was awarded the Egebergs Ærespris in 1929.<ref name=snl/>
== World record == {| class='wikitable' |- !Discipline!!Time!!Date!!Location |- |10,000 m||'''17:17.4'''||5 February 1928|| align="left" |{{flagicon|SUI}} Davos |}
<small>Source: SpeedSkatingStats.com<ref name=stats> {{cite web|title=Armand Carlsen |url=http://www.speedskatingstats.com/index.php?file=skater&code=1905102001 |publisher=SpeedSkatingStats.com |accessdate=28 August 2012}}</ref></small>
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{s-start}} {{s-ach|rec}} {{succession box|before=Oscar Mathisen|title=Men's 10000 m World Record Holder|years=5 February 1928 – 6 February 1938|after=Ivar Ballangrud}} {{s-ach|aw}} {{succession box|before=Bernt Evensen|title=Egebergs Ærespris|after=Fritjof Bergheim (1931)|years=1929<br>(together with Reidar Jørgensen)}} {{s-sports}} {{succession box |before=Nils W. Simensen |after=Georg Krog |title=President of the Norwegian Skating Association |years=1956–1961 }} {{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Carlsen, Armand}} Category:1905 births Category:1969 deaths Category:Norwegian male speed skaters Category:Olympic speed skaters for Norway Category:Speed skaters at the 1928 Winter Olympics Category:World record setters in speed skating Category:Norwegian male cyclists Category:Norwegian sports executives and administrators Category:Speed skaters from Oslo Category:World Allround Speed Skating Championships medalists Category:20th-century Norwegian sportsmen