Jens Haugland

Who was Jens Haugland?

Jens Haugland was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vest-Agder in 1954, and was re-elected on four occasions. From November 1955 to August 1963, during the third cabinet Gerhardsen, Haugland was Norwegian Minister of Justice and the Police. During the fourth cabinet Gerhardsen from September 1963 to 1965, he was Norwegian Minister of Local Government and Labour. During this period his seat in parliament was taken by Trygve Hanssen, Salve Andreas Salvesen and Olav Tonning Munkejord.

On the local level he was a member of the executive committee of Kristiansand city council from 1945 to 1954.

Outside of politics he graduated as cand.jur. in 1936, worked as a jurist in Stavanger and Kristiansand, was district stipendiary magistrate of Setesdal and finally a Supreme Court judge based out of Bjelland from 1980 to 1991. He was chairman of the Norwegian Committee on Greece from 1968 to 1970, and was a board member of Noregs Mållag from 1975 to 1977. He was a columnist in Sørlandet and Fædrelandsvennen, and published a number of books.