Kåre Lerum

Kåre Norvald Lerum (born 4 December 1939) was a Norwegian businessperson and politician.

He was born in Vik,[1] and took an education in Stavanger. He was hired as manager in 1976, and was later the chief executive officer, in Lerum in Sogndal,[2] a family company he owned together with brother Bjarne Lerum.[3] He is also a brother of Gerd Kjellaug Berge. Lerum was succeeded as chief executive officer by Jan Petter Vadheim in 2004.[2] The brothers passed the ownership of the company down to their children in 2005.[3] Lerum is still one of the wealthiest people in Sogndal.[4]

Lerum chaired the employers' organisation Konservesfabrikkenes Landsforening.[1] He was a member of Sogndal municipal council for six years, and served as mayor from 1978 to 1982. He represented the Conservative Party, but joined the Progress Party in 2002.[2]

Lerum was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav in 2005. In 2003 he won a prize from the regional branch of Noregs Mållag.[2][5]

References

  1. 1 2 "Jubilanter". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 4 December 1999.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Kåre Lerum". Sogn og Fjordane fylkesleksikon (in Norwegian). Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 25 November 2010.
  3. 1 2 "Bjarne Lerum er død". Sogn Avis (in Norwegian). 14 October 2010. p. 4.
  4. ↑ Formuetoppen for postnummer 6856
  5. ↑ "70 år 4. desember: Seniorrådgiver Kåre Lerum" (in Norwegian). Norwegian News Agency. 20 November 2009.


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