Karen Lee Henrikson MNZM (born 20 February 1961) is a former netball player who played on 16 occasions for New Zealand in the 1980s.

The Silver Ferns were unbeaten in 1985 and she was a member of the team that won the gold medal at that year's World Games, which were held in London.

[2] Henrikson joined the New Zealand Police in 1983, at a time when the force was having a big push to attract women.

She helped to set up the Women's Advisory Network for Waikato and the Safety Comes First group in central Hamilton, which she chaired.

She helped to establish the Hamilton Interagency Youth Action group, which provides support to families at risk of being connected with criminal offending, and she was also involved with child protection activities.