Marit Anne Hauan

Hauan was assigned to the Tromsø Museum from 1985, and was director of the museum from 2005 to 2017.^[1][2] She later assumed a scientific position at Polarmuseet, a branch if Tromsø Museum and part of The Arctic University of Norway. Her research included subjects such as folklore, hunting and cultural identity.^[1]

She was awarded the Brage Prize for non-fiction in 1994, for the two-volume work Nordnorsk kulturhistorie jointly with Einar-Arne Drivenes [no] and Helge A. Wold.^[3] She issued Polare maskuliniteter. Fra oppdagelsen av Svalbard til heltetidas siste time in 2021.^[4]

She is of Sami descent.^[5]