Tore Haugen is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Akershus

Akershus

- Geography :The county is conventionally divided into the traditional districts Follo and Romerike, which fill the vast part of the county, as well as the small exclave west of Oslo that consists of Asker and Bærum...

 in 1989, and was re-elected on one occasion. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the term 1977–1981.

Haugen was a deputy member of Oppegård

Oppegård

Oppegård is a village and municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Follo. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Kolbotn. The new municipality of Oppegård was separated from the municipality of Nesodden on 1 July 1915...

 municipality council in 1963–1967, but became mayor in the periods 1969–1971 and 1971–1975. He was a member of Akershus county council in 1969–1971, and later served as county mayor during the terms 1979–1983 and 1983–1987.

Outside of politics he graduated with the cand.jur.

Candidate of Law

Candidate of Law is the degree awarded to jurists who have passed the law exam in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland after studying law for about 5–6 years....

 degree in 1958 and spent most of his professional career in Prisdirektoratet. He was appointed to the Office of the Auditor General of Norway

Office of the Auditor General of Norway

The Office of the Auditor General of Norway is the state auditor of the Government of Norway and directly subordinate of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for auditing, monitoring and advising all state economic activities, including financial audits, performance audits and corporate...

 from 1994 to 2002. He was also chairman of the board of the Norwegian State Railways from 1984 to 1989.