Olga Havnen is an Aboriginal leader, advocate and activist in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Her great-grandfather was Ah Hong, a Chinese cook who worked on the Overland Telegraph Line[2] and her great-grandmother Ranijika was a Western Arrernte woman.
Their daughter Gloria, Havnen's grandmother, was the first Aboriginal woman to own a house in Alice Springs.
Havnen's father was a Norwegian sailor who jumped ship in Adelaide and her mother, Pegg, lived in Tennant Creek.
Havnen was the Coordinator General of Remote Service Provision from 2011 until October 2012, when the Northern Territory Government controversially abolished the position.