Marcelius Haga
Marcelius Haga (29 September 1882 - ??) was a Norwegian politician.
Born in Høyland, he graduated from the Stord Teacher's College in 1902. He then worked as a teacher for four years before enrolling at the Norwegian College of Agriculture. He graduated there in 1908, and worked as a research fellow the following year. He then worked as a school teacher and manager as well as farmer the rest of his professional life, including two years at the Teacher's College at Notodden[1] (today a part of Telemark University College).
Settling in Nes, Buskerud, Marcelius Haga served as mayor from 1919 to 1934. From 1928 to 1931 he was also the chairman of Buskerud county council. He also served as a deputy representative for the Liberal Party to the Norwegian Parliament from 1937, representing Buskerud county. However, he later joined the fascist party Nasjonal Samling which governed Norway during parts of the German occupation of the country. As a part of the legal purge in Norway after World War II he was sentenced to loss of civil rights, plus a fine.[1]
References
- ^ a b Marcelius Haga — Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD) Cite error: The named reference "nsd" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
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