Knut Haus was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Rogaland

Rogaland

is a county in Western Norway, bordering Hordaland, Telemark, Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder. It is the center of the Norwegian petroleum industry, and as a result of this, Rogaland has the lowest unemployment rate of any county in Norway, 1.1%...

 in 1973, and was re-elected on two occasions. He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the terms 1961–1965, 1965–1969 and 1969–1973. During his first term as deputy representative he briefly sat as a regular representative, replacing Kjell Bondevik

Kjell Bondevik

Kjell Bondevik was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.He was born in Leikanger. He graduated with the cand.philol. and mag.art. degrees in 1927. He worked as a teacher and headmaster in schools in Oslo, Haugesund and Sauda...

 who was appointed to the short-lived cabinet Lyng

Cabinet Lyng

Lyng's Cabinet governed Norway between 28 August 1963 and 25 September 1963. It was the first in 28 years not to be led by the Norwegian Labour Party. It was a centre-right coalition government of the Conservative Party, Centre Party, Christian Democratic Party and Liberal Party led by John Lyng...

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Born in Greipstad

Greipstad

Greipstad is a former municipality in Vest-Agder county in Norway. It is located in the southeastern part of the present-day municipality of Songdalen.-Name:...

, Haus was a member of Klepp

Klepp

Klepp is a municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The parish of Klep was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 ....

 municipal council during the terms 1959–1963 and 1963–1967, and served as deputy mayor from 1971 to 1973. He headed the county party chapter from 1964 to 1969.