Jens Edvard Haugland was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party and later the Liberal People's Party.

Personal life

He was a brother of Eugen Haugland

Eugen Haugland

Eugen Haugland was a Norwegian triple jumper. He represented Haugesund IL.He was a brother of Jens Edv. Haugland, father of Terje Haugland and grandfather of Hanne Haugland....

, and thus an uncle of Terje Haugland

Terje Haugland

Terje Haugland is a former Norwegian long jumper.He was a nephew of Jens Edv. Haugland, son of Eugen Haugland and father of Hanne Haugland....

 and granduncle of Hanne Haugland

Hanne Haugland

Hanne Haugland is a former Norwegian high jumper. She represented the clubs Haugesund IL, IL i BUL, SK Vidar and IF Minerva during her senior career....

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He was a son-in-law of athlete, politician and editor Otto Monsen

Otto Monsen

Otto Monsen was a Norwegian track and field athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.In 1908 he participated in the high jump competition but failed to clear a height....

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Career

He was the mayor of Haugesund

Haugesund

is a town and municipality in the county of Rogaland, Norway.-Location:Haugesund was separated from Torvastad as a town and municipality of its own in 1855. The rural municipality of Skåre was merged with Haugesund on January 1, 1958. Haugesund is a small municipality, only 73 km²...

 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. He stood for parliamentary election in 1969

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1969

The 1969 election proved to be one of the closest ones in Norwegian history. The only leftist party to win seats, the Labour Party, got 74 seats, while the right-wing parties got 76 seats. When counting the results, people started worrying that the two sides would be evenly split with 75 seats...

 and 1973

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1973

-Results:¹A coalition of the Socialist People's Party , the Communist Party of Norway , and anti-European Economic Community individuals from the Labour Party. The coalition evolved into the Socialist Left Party in 1975....

, the last time as second candidate on the Liberal People's Party ballot behind Ingvar Helle. He was among the leading figures in his party, as central board member and representative in Rogaland

Rogaland

is a county in Western Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. It is the center of the Norwegian petroleum industry, and as a result of this, Rogaland has the lowest unemployment rate of any county in Norway, 1.1%...

 county council

County council (Norway)

A County Council is the highest governing body of the county municipalities in Norway. The county council sets the scope of the county municipal activity. The council is led by a chairman or county mayor...

, but resigned his membership in 1978.

In 1972 he chaired Rogaland's county chapter of Ja til EF. He was also a deputy chair of Kommunalbanken

Kommunalbanken

Kommunalbanken, sometimes branded as Kommunalbanken Norway is a Norwegian bank that offers loans exclusively to the municipal and county sector. The banks portfolio was NOK 76.7 billion as of 2006, and 45 % of all municipal and county debt is though Kommunalbanken, with about 95% of all counties...

 and a corporate council member of Norsk Hydro

Norsk Hydro

Norsk Hydro ASA is a Norwegian aluminium and renewable energy company, headquartered in Oslo. Hydro is the fourth largest integrated aluminium company worldwide. It has operations in some 40 countries around the world and is active on all continents. The Norwegian state holds a 43.8 percent...

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