Åshild Hauan (20 April 1941–1 December 2017) was a Norwegian

politician A politician is a person active in party politics, or a person holding or seeking an elected office in government. Politicians propose, support, reject and create laws that govern the land and by an extension of its people. Broadly speaking, a ...

for the Labour Party. She served as the County Governor of

Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...

county from 1991 until 2007.

Personal life

She was born on 20 April 1941 in

Velfjord Velfjord is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1875 until its dissolution in 1964. Velfjord municipality was centered around the Velfjorden in what is now Brønnøy Municipality. Most of the muni ...

in southern

county in

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...

. Her parents were sawmill owner Paul Drevland (1914-1978) and homemaker Gunnvor Wester (1919-1979). She married Åsbjørn Hauan and had two children, and later three grandchildren. She died of

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on 1 December 2017 in the town of Bodø in

county,

Education and career

She held various positions on the

Rana Municipality Rana is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Helgeland Districts of Norway, traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Mo i Rana, ...

council between 1975 and 1983. Hauan was a member of Nordland county council between 1979 and 1983. She served in the position of deputy representative in the

Parliament of Norway The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years bas ...

during the term from 1977–1981. She was then elected as a full representative from

county in 1981, and she was re-elected in 1985 and again in 1989, serving until 1993. Hauan was President of the Odelsting from 1985–1989. During her third term in Parliament, she was named County Governor in 1991. Since she was still serving in the Parliament of Norway at that time, Davis Idin Pareli Johansen was named the acting governor. He served for her from 1991 until 1993 when she completed her term in Parliament and moved to

Bodø Bodø (; smj, Bådåddjo, sv, Bodö) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Bodø (which is also the capital of Nordland count ...

to begin working as governor.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hauan, Aashild 1941 births 2017 deaths County governors of Nordland Labour Party (Norway) politicians Women members of the Storting Members of the Storting 20th-century Norwegian politicians 20th-century Norwegian women politicians