Arne Svendsen (11 December 1884 – 20 November 1958) was a Norwegian songwriter, actor and revue writer.

In 1910, he left home and settled in Fredrikstad Municipality, where he first worked as a hairdresser and barber.

From 1937 he worked with teams of various revue writers including Bias Bernhoft, Arild Feldborg and Erik Diesen.

They wrote music for revues which appeared at Det Nye Teater, Carl Johan Theater, and Edderkoppen Theatre, and with more irregular intervals for Chat Noir.

[3] He was the father of composer and kapellmeister Kolbjørn Svendsen [no] (1903–1967),[4] and singer and theatre director Herbert Herding (1904–1958).