Agnes Margrete Nygaard Haug (born 27 August 1933) is a Norwegian judge.
She was born in
Oslo
Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...
as a daughter of Supreme Court Justice
Marius Nygaard (1902–1978) and Eva Julie Johanne Christensen (1906–2000).
Her great-grandfather was the academic
Marius Nygaard, and she is also a grandniece of
William Martin Nygaard
William Martin Nygaard (6 February 1865 – 19 December 1952) was a Norwegian publisher and politician.
Personal life
Nygaard was born in Kristiansand as the son of educator and linguist Marius Nygaard (1838–1912) and his wife Elisabeth "Elise ...
and a second cousin of
William Nygaard and
Kristen Nygaard.
In January 1956 she married judge
Bjørn Haug (born 1928).
[ They have the son ]Marius Nygaard Haug Marius Nygaard Haug (born 1960) is a Norwegian jurist. Among others he has had a leading position in the Norges Bank#Norges Bank Investment Management, Norges Bank Investment Management.
He is a son of Bjørn Haug and Agnes Nygaard Haug, and a gran ...
, a notable jurist.
She was employed in the Ministry of Justice and the Police
The Royal Ministry of Justice and Public Security ( no, Det kongelige justis- og beredskapsdepartement) is a Norwegian government ministry that oversees justice, the police, and domestic intelligence. The main purpose of the ministry is to provide ...
from 1959 to 1977, being promoted to sub-director in 1973. She was then appointed as a presiding judge in Eidsivating, serving one final year as presiding judge in Borgarting when that court was created in 1995. From 1994 to 1995 she was an acting Supreme Court Justice. She retired in 1996.[
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References
1933 births
Living people
Supreme Court of Norway justices
Judges from Oslo
Norwegian women judges
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