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Ole Bernhard Øvergaard (29 November 1893 – 30 June 1972) was a Norwegian architect.
Ole Bernhard Øvergaard was born at Fredrikstad in Østfold, Norway. He graduated from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1916. Øvergaard worked as assistant to Magnus Poulsson in Christiania in 1916 to 1917 and with Olaf Nordhagen in Trondheim in 1917. From 1922 he had his own practice in Christiania, the first two years together with Lars Backer.
Øvergaard specialized in hospital and was influential within the genre for decades. He also designed residential complexes. Important buildings designed by Øvergaard include the Norwegian Radium Hospital. Together with Nils Holter (1899-1995), he designed Kringkastingshuset, also known as Det hvite hus, headquarters of Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. From 1956 to 1960 he presided over the National Association of Norwegian Architects.