Harald Haare (3 April 1883 – 26 January 1929) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Drammen as a son of head conductor in the State Railways, Lauritz Haare (1856–1938) and Karoline Bryn (1852–1929). He was a great-great-grandson of Founding Father

Christopher Borgersen Hoen Christopher Borgersen Hoen (26 August 1767 – 17 May 1845) was a Norwegian farmer and politician. Christopher Hoen was born on the Vølstad farm in Øvre Eiker in the county of Buskerud, Norway. In 1791, he acquired the Hoen farm (''Nedre Hoen ...

and first cousin of Knut Michael Spæren. Like his father, he spent his career in the State Railways, going through the ranks and being promoted to head conductor in 1920. Haare was a member of Drammen city council from 1916, and chaired Drammen Labour Party from 1924 to 1925. He was deputy chair of the

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from 1924 and supervisory council of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions from 1926. He fielded as Labour's fourth ballot candidate in the

1924 Norwegian parliamentary election Parliamentary elections were held in Norway on 21 October 1924. Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) ''Elections in Europe: A data handbook'', p1438 The result was a victory for the Conservative Party-Liberal Left Party alliance, which won 54 of ...

in the constituency

Market towns of Buskerud county The Market towns of Buskerud county ( no, Kjøpstedene i Buskerud fylke) was an electoral district for parliamentary elections in Norway. It comprised the market towns ( no, kjøpsteder) of Drammen, Hønefoss and Kongsberg in Buskerud county. The ...

, but was not elected. In

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however, he was their first candidate and was elected to 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 ...

. After serving through the year 1928, he died in January 1929 and was replaced by Bernhard Abrahamsen.

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1883 births 1929 deaths Politicians from Drammen Members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian trade unionists {{Norway-politician-1880s-stub