Jens Christian Hauge

Jens Christian Hauge (15 May 1915 – 30 October 2006), often written Jens Chr. Hauge, was a Norwegian who was leader within the World War II resistance—and one of the two incumbent Milorg Council members in May 1945. He became a Minister of Defence, and later a Minister of Justice.

After 1955 he never held political office, but "continued to exert influence on political processes—sometimes openly", and sometimes less so.

He is also controversial, and has been criticised for not giving more information regarding central parts of the Milorg activities, such as assassinations of Norwegian collaborators.

He was born at Ljan, and he had an older sister Aase. Their mother was a school teacher of hand craft, and the father was son of a cotter. Jens Chr. Hauge's father was a former non-commissioned officer, that worked in an insurance company.

He was a conscript in Stavern in the summer of 1936, and served 48 days [of recruit training ] at Luftvernregimentets rekruttskole, In 1938 he received 15 days of recruit training. He received training as crew on anti-aircraft weapon (luftvernbatterimannskap). In May 1939 he was summoned for the last 14 days of recruit training. He replied to the summnons with a medical certificate regarding his varicose veins, adding that he was willing to be checked by military doctors, even though [his schedule] as konstituert sorenskriver would make it difficult to leave work. He received a medical discharge, according to a 10 August 1939 annotation, by Hauge.

He finished his final exams to become a lawyer, in autumn of 1937. He worked as a private lecturer (manuduktør) for law students, for the next year. In November 1938 he started as a dommerfullmektig in Kragerø, to perform his period as a judicial "conscript". In January 1940 he again was working as a manuduktør in Oslo.

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