Marius Nygaard Haug

Marius Nygaard Haug (born 1960) 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.[1][2] He graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.jur. degree in 1988.[3]

He was working for the Norwegian Ministry of Finance when he in late 1992 was hired in the European Free Trade Association Surveillance Authority.[1] In 1994 he returned to Norway as the newly appointed chief jurist in the Financial Supervisory Authority of Norway.[4] In late 1997 he was hired as a legal manager in the Norges Bank Investment Management, which is responsible for managing the Government Pension Fund – Global upon which Norway's wealth builds, on a one-year contract.[5][6] Yngve Slyngstad was hired in the management at the same time.[5] Haug later headed the compliance department of Norges Bank Investment Management, with Slyngstad being director from 2008.[7]

Haug has been a member of the social clubs Det Norske Selskab and Norsk Anchorite Klubb.[8][9]

  1. ^ a b Thompson, Kjell (22 October 1992). "Kremjobber i Geneve". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). p. 21.
  2. ^ Fagernæs, Sven Ole. "Bjørn Haug". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Juridisk embedseksamen i Oslo". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 18 July 1988. p. 14.
  4. ^ "Kredittilsynet". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). 4 November 1994. p. 25.
  5. ^ a b Stray Spetalen, Ingun (29 January 1998). "Norges Banks håndplukkede menn". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). p. 6.
  6. ^ "Managers appointed in Norges Bank Investment Management" (Press release). Bank of Norway. 29 January 1998. Archived from the original on 25 June 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2010.
  7. ^ Ivarsen, Vidar (4 March 2008). "Blir dobbeltsjef for "det nye oljefondet"". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). p. 23.
  8. ^ Westlie, Bjørn (20 November 2004). "Herrenes hemmeligheter". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). p. 26.
  9. ^ Hustadnes, Halldor; Bergsaker, Tore (14 April 2008). "Kongens tause ankermenn". Dagens Næringsliv (in Norwegian). Retrieved 6 February 2010.