Kåre Tveter (25 January 1922 – 21 March 2012) was a Norwegian painter and illustrator. He was born in

Sør-Odal Sør-Odal is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the Traditional districts of Norway, traditional district of Odalen. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Skarn ...

. His breakthrough as artist came in 1965. He is represented at various galleries, including the

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and the

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. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the

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in 1999.

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1922 births 2012 deaths People from Sør-Odal 20th-century Norwegian painters 21st-century Norwegian painters {{Norway-painter-stub