Arve Solstad (15 November 1935 – 3 June 2016)[1] was a Norwegian newspaper editor.
He was born in Orkdal Municipality as a son of farmer Johan Solstad (1896–1989) and Marit Skauge (1910–2000).
He finished his secondary education in Orkdal in 1955, worked one year as editor-in-chief of Akershus Folkeblad before enrolling in studies of political science at the University of Oslo.
He wrote for the newspaper Dagbladet, including summaries of debates in the Norwegian Students' Society.
He was also leader of the Norwegian Association for Media History from 1993 to 2003, and professor of journalism at the University of Oslo from 1994.