Bjørn Haug is a Norwegian judge.

He was born in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

. He worked in the Office of the Attorney General of Norway

Office of the Attorney General of Norway

Office of the Attorney General of Norway is a body subordinate to the Norwegian Office of the Prime Minister.It was established in 1816. Its task is to assist the executive branch of government with judicial questions, and to conduct civil legal trials....

 from 1959 to 1962 and in the private company Christiania Spigerverk

Christiania Spigerverk

Christiania Spigerverk is a steel company which was founded in Oslo in 1853, and developed into one of the largest industrial companies in Norway. In 1972 Christiania Spigerverk fusioned with Elkem. It was sold to Norsk Jernverk in 1985, and again split out as a separate company in 1993....

 from 1962 to 1972. He was then the Attorney General of Norway from 1972 to 1993, and also served as the State Conciliator of Norway

State Conciliator of Norway

The State Conciliator of Norway is an arbitrator's office of Norway. It is invoked in labour disputes, in other words when tariff agreements are disagreed upon.It was established in 1915, and the first State Conciliator took office in 1916...

, from January 1982 to January 1988. He was appointed to the European Free Trade Association Court in 1994, and served as its President from 1995 to 1999.

From 1975 to 1981 he chaired the board of directors of the Norwegian National Opera

Norwegian National Opera and Ballet

The Norwegian National Opera and Ballet is the first fully professional company for opera and ballet in Norway. Its seat is the Oslo Opera House.It was founded in 1957...

. He has also been the auditor of the Norwegian Nobel Committee

Norwegian Nobel Committee

The Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the Nobel Peace Prize each year.Its five members are appointed by the Norwegian Parliament and roughly represent the political makeup of that body.-History:...

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In January 1956 he married judge Agnes Nygaard

Agnes Nygaard Haug

Agnes Margrete Nygaard Haug is a Norwegian judge.She was born in Oslo as a daughter of Supreme Court Justice Marius Nygaard and Eva Julie Johanne Christensen . Her great-grandfather was the academic Marius Nygaard, and she is also a grandniece of William Martin Nygaard and a second cousin of...

 (born 1933). He was a son-in-law of Supreme Court Justice Marius Nygaard

Marius Nygaard (judge)

Marius Nygaard was a Norwegian judge.He enrolled as a student in 1920 and graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1924. He worked as a deputy judge from 1925 to 1927, as a secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police from 1927 to 1935 and an auxiliary judge from 1935 to 1936...

. He is the father of jurist Marius Nygaard Haug

Marius Nygaard Haug

Marius Nygaard Haug is a Norwegian jurist. Among others he has had a leading position in the Norges Bank Investment Management.He is a son of Bjørn Haug and Agnes Nygaard Haug, and a grandson of Supreme Court Justice Marius Nygaard. He graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.jur...

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