Background
He was born in Oslo, and graduated with the candidate.med.
He was born in Oslo, and graduated with the candidate.med.
Degree in 1978. He worked at Kongsberg Hospital from 1980 to 1983. He was district physician in Stryn from 1983 to 1984 and municipal physician in Hornindal from 1984 to 1995, and from 1995 he was the county physician in Sogn og Fjordane, residing in Sogndal. In 2000, when director of the Norwegian Board of Health Supervision Anne Alvik was first granted a six-month absence of leave, Øgar became acting director
He was succeeded by another acting director, Lars East. Hanssen, in the autumn.
From October 2010 Øgar is a deputy under-secretary of state for the Department of Municipal Health Care Services in the Ministry of Health and Care Services. He represented the club Grorud Illinois.