Michael Heltzen

Michael Heltzen (22 June 1712 – 10 September 1770) was a Norwegian mining engineer. He was born in Christiania. He was assigned a position as civil servant (Norwegian: assessor) at Kongsberg from 1740. He served as head of the Kongsberg Silver Mines from 1756, and assumed the position of berghauptmann from 1758, and the position of overberghauptmann from 1764.

He contributed to the construction of Kongsberg Church, in particular the interior and decoration of the church. He established Bergseminaret pa Kongsberg in 1757.