Carl Andreas Fougstad

Carl Andreas Fougstad (2 March 1806 – 3 July 1871) was a Norwegian attorney, journalist, author and elected official.

[1] Fougstad was born and grew up in Alverstraumen, today in Lindås municipality in Hordaland, Norway.

He was the son of Johannes Fougstad (1755–1830) and Charlotte Eleonore Tidemand Arentz (1767–1830).

[2] Most of the members of Intelligenspartiet held some public office (embete); Fougstad worked as a civil servant in the Ministry of Finance from 1831 to 1845.

Fougstad was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1848, representing the constituency Christiania og Lillehammer.