Baard Madsen Haugland (12 January 1835 – 7 May 1896) was a Norwegian merchant and politician with the Liberal Party.

Biography

He was born at the Haugland farm at Stord (''Haugland på Stord'') in

Hordaland Hordaland () was a county in Norway, bordering Sogn og Fjordane, Buskerud, Telemark, and Rogaland counties. Hordaland was the third largest county, after Akershus and Oslo, by population. The county government was the Hordaland County Municipal ...

, Norway. Haugland was a merchant by profession and worked in the trade business in

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from 1851 until 1884. Haugland was mayor (''ordførar'') of Stord from 1864. In 1870, he entered the Norwegian Parliament as a representative of Søndre Bergenhus amt (now Hordaland). He was Minister of Finance 1884-1888 and member of the Council of State Division in

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1888-1889 and 1895-1896 under Prime Minister Johan Sverdrup. Haugland was made a member of the

Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav ( no, Den Kongelige Norske Sankt Olavs Orden; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II ...

in 1886 and received the Commander's Cross 1st class in 1895. He was also made a commander of the Order of the Polar Star. He died in

during the spring of 1896 and was buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund in

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References

1835 births 1896 deaths People from Hordaland Government ministers of Norway Ministers of Finance of Norway Norwegian businesspeople Recipients of the St. Olav's Medal Commanders of the Order of the Polar Star Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour {{Norway-politician-1830s-stub