Johan Kristian Skougaard (31 July 1847 – 25 September 1925) was a Norwegian military officer and politician. He was born in Lista, and originally took his education in the Norwegian military. He was hired as an engineer in the Norwegian Public Roads Administration in 1873, and left the military in 1887. He served as mayor of Oslo in 1905, and as director of the

Norwegian Directorate of Public Roads The Norwegian Public Roads Administration ( no, Statens vegvesen) is a Norwegian government agency responsible for national and county public roads in Norway. This includes planning, construction and operation of the national and county road net ...

from 1904 to 1918. He was also a non-fiction writer, publishing the ''Det norske veivesens historie'' in two volumes, and a lexicographer, publishing a French-Norwegian dictionary in 1921. A Norwegian-French dictionary was published posthumously.

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1847 births 1925 deaths Norwegian Army personnel Mayors of Oslo Directors of government agencies of Norway Norwegian lexicographers Directorate of Public Roads people {{Norway-mil-bio-stub