Odd Vattekar | |
Birth Date: | 2 January 1918 |
Birth Place: | Vadheim, Norway |
Death Place: | Holmestrand, Norway |
Citizenship: | Norway |
Nationality: | Norwegian |
Profession: | Politician |
Office: | Governor of Vestfold |
Term Start: | 1979 |
Term End: | 1988 |
Predecessor: | Olav Grove |
Successor: | Mona Røkke |
Odd Vattekar (2 January 1918 in Kyrkjebø – 19 February 1992) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Vestfold in 1969, and was re-elected on two occasions, serving until 1981.[1]
On the local level he was a member of the executive committee of the municipal council for Holmestrand Municipality from 1955 to 1962 and again from 1967 to 1971. In 1979, he was appointed County Governor of Vestfold, a position which he held until his retirement in 1988.
Outside politics he spent his entire professional career at the company Nordisk Aluminiumindustri, serving the last three years as director. He fought in the Spanish Civil War. During World War II he fought as a member of the Norwegian resistance movement.