Per Drageset

Who is Per Drageset?

Per Drageset is a Norwegian civil servant.

Drageset was born in Raudeberg. He graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.oecon. degree in 1970, spent one year doing compulsory military service, and worked at the Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research from 1971 to 1974. He started working in Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality in 1974, and was promoted to financial director in 1978. He was the chief executive officer of Førde Central Hospital from 1980 to 1981, returned to being financial director before leaving in 1988. From 1989 to 1995 he was the chief executive officer of Fylkesbaatane. In 1995 he became Assisting County Governor of Sogn og Fjordane, and from 1997 he was the chief administrative officer of Sogn og Fjordane County Municipality, He retired in 2006, and was replaced by Jan Øhlckers.

His wife is from Innvik, and spent most of her career as a pharmacist in Sogndal. When she retired in 2005, the couple's daughter took over.