Olaug Svarva (born 21 December 1957) is a Norwegian financial analyst and former CEO of the Government Pension Fund – Norway.
Svarva was born in Steinkjer.
She graduated with a degree in economics from the University of Denver.
From 1985 to 1988 she worked as a financial analyst for Den norske Creditbank and later for the Carnegie Investment Bank.
She was appointed to a position at the Government Pension Fund – Norway (Folketrygdfondet) in 1991, and then she served as its Chief executive officer from 2006 to 2018.