Reinsnes; 4 October 1904 – 12 March 1976) was a Norwegian politician (Norwegian Labour Party), mayor of the Sortland Municipality, county mayor of Nordland, and a member of the Storting.
He was removed from office by the Nazis in 1941, during the German occupation of Norway, and in 1944 he was forced to escape to Sweden.
[1] From 1954–1957 Reinsnes served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway.
Reinsnes was awarded th King's Medal of Merit in gold a short time before his death.
On 26 August 1978, a bust of Reinsnes, made by Nils Aas, was unveiled outside the Sortland Municipality municipal hall, the same day that the Vesterålen bridges were officially opened by King Olav V. He was biographed in P. C. Reinsnes - samfunnsbyggeren, by Alf Oxem 2006.