He was born at the Haugland farm on the island of
Stord (
Haugland på Stord) in
Søndre Bergenhus, Norway. Haugland was a merchant by profession and worked in the trade business in
Bergen from 1851 until 1884. Haugland was mayor (
ordførar) of
Stordøen Municipality 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. 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. ==References==