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Carl Konow (20 February 1806 – 6 November 1876) was a Norwegian wholesaler and politician. Born in the west of Norway to a prosperous mercantile family of German extraction, he travelled to England to study commerce. Upon returning home to Norway, he acquired practical education at the family business, and established himself as an exporter of oceanic food in his hometown Bergen.

A fervent admirer of English culture, Konow made several trips to England, befriending several prominent politicians and members of the English aristocracy. From the 1840s he participated actively in the politics of Bergen: he first sat in the Bergen city council and subsequently in the Parliament as an MP from Bergen. Konow was considered to be a "moderate conservative" amongst the representatives; he was especially concerned with economics and enterprise, which his biographers recognise as an expert field of his.