Kåre Øvregard

Who is Kåre Øvregard?

Kåre Øvregard is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sogn og Fjordane 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, serving as deputy mayor in 1965–1967 and mayor in 1975–1977.

Outside of 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.