Kåre Øvregard (19 February 1933 – 30 January 2025)
Kåre Øvregard
was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament
The Storting ( ; ) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional represe ...
from Sogn og Fjordane
Sogn og Fjordane (; literally "Parish and the Fjords") was a Counties of Norway, county in western Norway, from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsda ...
in 1977, and was re-elected on two occasions.
On the local level he was deputy mayor of Jostedal municipality from 1959 to 1962. In 1963, Jostedal became a part of Luster, and Øvregard was a member of Luster municipality council from 1963 to 1977 (except for 1968, 1969 and 1970), serving as deputy mayor in 1965–1967 and mayor in 1975–1977.
Outside politics he graduated from Stord Teachers College in 1957, worked as a school teacher from 1957 to 1975 and ''rådmann'' in Luster from 1989 to 1994.
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1933 births
2025 deaths
Labour Party (Norway) politicians
Mayors of places in Sogn og Fjordane
People from Luster, Norway
Members of the Storting 1985–1989
Members of the Storting 1981–1985
Members of the Storting 1977–1981
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