Gerd Kjellaug Berge, née Lerum (born 20 March 1943) is a Norwegian hotelier and national business council leader.

She was born in Sogndal

Sogndal

Sogndal is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sogn. The village of Sogndalsfjøra is the administrative center of Sogndal municipality. Other main villages include Kaupanger, Kjørnes, and Fjærland...

, as a sister of Kåre Lerum

KARE

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 and Bjarne Lerum

Bjarne Lerum

Bjarne Magnar Lerum was a Norwegian businessperson and politician for the Progress Party.He was a son of Karl Lerum, and brother of Kåre Lerum and Gerd Kjellaug Berge. Together with Kåre Lerum he was the owner of the family company Lerum in Sogndal...

. She became director of a hotel in Selje

Selje

Selje is a municipality in the county of Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Nordfjord. The village of Selje is the administrative center of Selje municipality...

 in 1976, and co-owner with her husband Harald in 1983. She was president of the employers' association Norsk Hotell- og Restaurantforbund (a forerunner of the Norwegian Hospitality Association

Norwegian Hospitality Association

The Norwegian Hospitality Association is an employers' organisation in Norway, organized under the national Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise.The current Director General is Knut Almquist. Chairman of the board is Ragnar Heggdal....

) from 1988 to 1990 and vice president of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise

Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise

The Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise is an employers' organisation in Norway with more than 16,000 members.It was founded in 1989 as a merger of the Federation of Norwegian Industries, the Norwegian Employers' Confederation and the Federation of Norwegian Craftsmen..The president is Kristin...

 from 2000 to 2004.

Berge was chosen Årets nynorskbrukar (Nynorsk

Nynorsk

Nynorsk or New Norwegian is one of two official written standards for the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. The standard language was created by Ivar Aasen during the mid-19th century, to provide a Norwegian alternative to the Danish language which was commonly written in Norway at the...

 User of the Year) in 2001, and holds The King's Medal of Merit in silver.