Kai Øverland (27 February 1931 – 27 August 1975) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Socialist Left Party. He was born in

Trondheim Trondheim ( , , ; ), historically Kaupangen, Nidaros, and Trondhjem (), is a city and municipality in Trøndelag county, Norway. As of 2022, it had a population of 212,660. Trondheim is the third most populous municipality in Norway, and is ...

, and took a vocational education. He worked as a plumber from 1947 to 1969, then as a surveyor for the Plumbers' Union in Trondheim. Øverland began his political career as a trade unionist, serving as secretary of the Plumbers' Union from 1958 to 1972. From 1961 to 1968 he chaired the Socialist People's Party in Trondheim as well as Sør-Trøndelag, and was a national board member. He was selected as board member of

Trondheim Sporvei Trondheim Sporvei was a municipally owned tram operator in Trondheim, Norway that existed between 1936 and 1974. The company operated the municipal parts of the Trondheim Tramway until it was merged with A/S Graakalbanen and Trondheim Bilrute ...

(1964–1971), and then elected to two terms in Trondheim city council from 1967 to 1975. Øverland soon became a deputy member of the board Trondheim og Omegn Boligbyggelag (1968–1971) and

Graakalbanen A/S Graakalbanen was a private company that built and operated the Gråkallen Line of the Trondheim Tramway between 1924 and 1972. Established in 1916, it bought large land areas in Byåsen, and built a tramway through these to reach the recreati ...

(1968–1971) and in the supervisory council of

Fosen Trafikklag Fosen Trafikklag is a company operating buses and ferries in Trøndelag and Østlandet in Norway. In total the company has approximately 750 vehicles and 16 ships, though numerous of them operate by subsidiaries. The company merged with Namos T ...

(1968–1974). He was a board member of

Trondheim Trafikkselskap Trondheim Trafikkselskap or TT was the city public transport company for Trondheim, Norway between 1974 and 2001. It operated both the city buses, and the Trondheim Tramway until 1988. The company was owned by the city council. TT was founded in ...

(1968–1973) and Trondheim og Omegn Boligbyggelag (1972–1973), and also chaired Trondheim Socialist People's Party for a second time from 1970 to 1973. He went on to national politics as a representative to the

Parliament of Norway 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

Sør-Trøndelag Sør-Trøndelag (; ) was a Counties of Norway, county comprising the southern portion of the present-day Trøndelag county in Norway. It bordered the old Nord-Trøndelag () county as well as the counties of Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, and Hedmark. ...

, elected in

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. He took a seat in the Standing Committee on Standing Committee on Local Government and the Environment. After a mere 1 year and 331 days, he died and was replaced by partyfellow

Aud Gustad Aud Solveig Gustad, née Lund Olsen (1 May 1917 – 30 April 2000) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Communist Party (Norway), Communist and Socialist Left Party (Norway), Socialist Left parties. She was born in Trondheim as a ...

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1931 births 1975 deaths Norwegian trade unionists Socialist Left Party (Norway) politicians Politicians from Trondheim Members of the Storting 1973–1977 {{Norway-politician-1930s-stub