Oddvar Johannes Flæte (born 31 March 1944) is a Norwegian politician and civil servant. He was born in

Leikanger Leikanger () is a former municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county, Norway. It was located on the northern shore of the Sognefjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center was the village of Hermansverk, which also was the ...

and grew up in

Årdal Årdal is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located at the end of the Årdalsfjorden in the traditional district of Sogn. The village of Årdalstangen is the administrative center of the municipality. The other main village is � ...

, and graduated from the

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with a ''

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'' degree in 1971. He then worked in

Høyanger Høyanger () is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The administrative center is the village of Høyanger. Other villages in Høyanger municipality include Austreim, Bjordal, Kyrkjeb� ...

and

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works from 1971 to 1982, in ÅSV Foredling from 1982 to 1983, in Norwegian Petroleum Consultants from 1983 to 1987, in his own consultant firm from 1987 and then in

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from 1992 to 1994 as a sub-director. He became County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane in 1994.Oddvar Flæte
at NRK Sogn og Fjordane County Encyclopedia He retired in 2011. Flæte was a politician in his younger days. He was a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from

Sogn og Fjordane Sogn og Fjordane (; English: "Sogn and Fjordane") was, up to 1 January 2020, a county in western Norway, when it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland, the cou ...

during the term 1977–1981. He met during 8 days of parliamentary session. In 2010 he led the committee that delivered the ''

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2010: 10''. The report was about society's adaptation to

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1944 births Living people People from Leikanger People from Årdal Norwegian School of Economics alumni Deputy members of the Storting Labour Party (Norway) politicians Sogn og Fjordane politicians County governors of Norway {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub