Else Bugge Fougner

{{Short description|Norwegian lawyer and politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name= Else Bugge Fougner

| office= Minister of Justice

| term_start= 16 October 1989

| term_end= 3 November 1990

| primeminister= Jan P. Syse

| predecessor= Helen Marie Bøsterud

| successor= Kari Gjesteby

| birth_date= {{birth date and age|1944|11|09|df=y}}

| birth_place= Moss, Norway

| party= Conservative Party

}}

Else Bugge Fougner (born 9 November 1944) is a Norwegian lawyer and a politician for the Conservative Party.

She was born in Moss as a daughter of Jacob C. Bugge (1912–1993) and Bodil Bengtson (born 1919). In August 1974 she married lawyer Amund Fougner.{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Gunnar Gran|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Peter|last=Lødrup|authorlink=Peter Lødrup|editor=Helle, Knut|editor-link=Knut Helle|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Gunnar_Gran/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=13 July 2011}} Through her sister Kari she is a sister-in-law of Gunnar Gran.{{cite encyclopedia|year=|title=Gunnar Gran|encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Hans Fredrik|last=Dahl|authorlink=Hans Fredrik Dahl|editor=Helle, Knut|editor-link=Knut Helle|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Gunnar_Gran/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=13 July 2011}}

She was the Minister of Justice 1989–1990.{{cite web|url=http://www.regjeringen.no/en/the-government/previous-governments/the-structure-of-the-registry/alphabetical-register/f.html?id=410104|title=Register of Persons "Norway's Governments since 1814"|publisher=Government.no|accessdate=2011-05-11}}