Jens Edv. Haugland
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Jens Edvard Haugland (3 January 1924 – 26 September 1981[1]) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party and later the Liberal People's Party.
He was a brother of Eugen Haugland,[2] and thus an uncle of Terje Haugland and granduncle of Hanne Haugland.
He was a son-in-law of athlete, politician and editor Otto Monsen.[3]
Career
He was the mayor of Haugesund Municipality in 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1972 and 1973. He alternated with Conservative mayors Stener Askeland and Olle Johan Eriksen, and is the last Haugesund mayor to date from the Liberal Party.[4] He stood for parliamentary election in 1969 and 1973, the last time as second candidate on the Liberal People's Party ballot behind Ingvar Helle.[5][6] He was among the leading figures in his party,[7] as central board member and representative in Rogaland county council, but resigned his membership in 1978.[8]
In 1972 he chaired Rogaland's county chapter of Ja til EF.[9] He was also a deputy chair of Kommunalbanken[10] and a corporate council member of Norsk Hydro.[11]
References
- ↑ "Cemeteries in Norway" (in Norwegian). DIS-Norge. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
- ↑ Jafr (28 August 1965). "Blomster til Berit Berthelsen og Thor Helland". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). p. 13.
- ↑ "Otto Monsen 75 år". Aftenposten Aften (in Norwegian). 17 August 1962. p. 4.
- ↑ "Ordførere" (in Norwegian). Haugesund Municipality. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 24 December 2010. Archived 24 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. Stortingsvalget 1969. Hefte I." (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
- ↑ "Norges Offisielle Statistikk. Stortingsvalget 1973. Hefte I." (PDF) (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway.
- ↑ Kleivan, Kåre (14 March 1975). "Dystre utsikter ved DNF's landsmøte". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). p. 3.
- ↑ "DNF en skuffelse". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 11 July 1978. p. 14.
- ↑ "SP-tillitsmenn i JA-aksjonen". Verdens Gang (in Norwegian). 3 May 1972. p. 6.
- ↑ "Thommesen formann i Kommunalbanken". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 17 December 1970. p. 10.
- ↑ "Nytt om navn". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 7 February 1974. p. 14.
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