Baard Madsen Haugland Explained

Baard Madsen Haugland (12 January 1835 – 7 May 1896) was a Norwegian merchant and politician with the Liberal Party. ^[1]

Biography

He was born at the Haugland farm at Stord (Haugland på Stord) in Hordaland, Norway. Haugland was a merchant by professionand worked in the trade business in Bergen from 1851 until 1884. ^{[2] [3]}

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 Stockholm 1888-1889 and 1895-1896 under Prime Minister Johan Sverdrup.^{[4] [5]}

Haugland was made a member of the Order of St. Olav 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 Stockholm during the spring of 1896 and was buried at Vår Frelsers gravlund in Oslo. ^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Baard M Haugland. Norsk biografisk leksikon. Leiv Mjeldheim. June 20, 2016.
2. Web site: Baard Madsen Haugland. Mardal. Magnus A.. Store Norske Leksikon. Norwegian. 2011-05-28.
3. Web site: Haugland. Stord herad. Hordaland. Matrikkelutkastet av 1950. June 20, 2016.
4. Web site: Register of Persons "Norway's Governments since 1814". Government.no. 2011-05-28.
5. Web site: Johan Sverdrup's Government. regjeringen.no. June 20, 2016.
6. Web site: Baard Haugland . lokalhistoriewiki.no. April 1, 2018.