Kåre Norvald Lerum (born 4 December 1939) is 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 his 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 remained a member of the board of directors of Lerum.[4] Lerum is still one of the wealthiest people in Sogndal.[5]
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 initially represented the Conservative Party but later 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] [6]