Kaare Reidar Norum (24 December 1932 – 22 November 2019) was a Norwegian educator and nutritionist. He was born in Oslo. He was hired as a docent at the University of Oslo in 1969. He became a professor in 1972. He was vice dean of the Faculty of Medicine from 1983 to 1985, dean from 1986 to 1988 and rector from 1999 to 2001.