Kåre Norvald Lerum (born 4 December 1939) is a

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businessperson and politician. He was born in

Vik Vik (Old Norse: vík) means wick or bay in Norwegian and Swedish (''vig'' in Danish), and it may refer to the following: Places Iceland *Vík í Mýrdal, a village in southern Iceland Iran *Vik, Iran, a village in Zanjan Province, Iran Norway *V ...

and took an education in

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. He was hired as manager in 1976, and was later the chief executive officer, in

Lerum Lerum is a locality and the seat of Lerum Municipality in Västra Götaland County, Sweden. It had 16,855 inhabitants in 2010. Overview Lerum has a station on the Gothenburg commuter rail system and is a suburb of Gothenburg. The river of Säve ...

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, a family company he owned together with his brother

Bjarne Lerum Bjarne Magnar Lerum (1941 – 12 October 2010) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Progress Party. He was a son of Karl Lerum, and brother of Kåre Lerum and Gerd Kjellaug Berge. Together with Kåre Lerum he was the owner of t ...

. He is also a brother of

Gerd Kjellaug Berge Gerd Kjellaug Berge, née Lerum (born 20 March 1943) is a Norwegian hotelier and national business council leader. She was born in Sogndal, as a sister of Kåre Lerum and Bjarne Lerum. She became director of a hotel in Selje in 1976, and co-owner ...

. Lerum was succeeded as chief executive officer by Jan Petter Vadheim in 2004. The brothers passed the ownership of the company down to their children in 2005. , Lerum remained a member of the board of directors of

. Lerum is still one of the wealthiest people in Sogndal.Formuetoppen for postnummer 6856
/ref> Lerum chaired the

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''Konservesfabrikkenes Landsforening''. He was a member of Sogndal

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for six years and served as mayor from 1978 to 1982. He initially represented the

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but later joined the Progress Party in 2002. Lerum was decorated as a Knight, First Class, of the

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in 2005. In 2003, he won a prize from the regional branch of

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1939 births Living people People from Vik, Sogn Norwegian businesspeople Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Progress Party (Norway) politicians Mayors of places in Sogn og Fjordane {{Norway-business-bio-stub