Beint Kristian Bentsen (25 July 1917 – 2003) was a Norwegian banker and politician for the Christian Democratic Party.
He is best known as county mayor of Rogaland in the 1970s, but was also a member of four different municipal councils, an unusual achievement.
He started a career as a banker from 1940, and was hired as an office manager in Den norske Creditbank in Sandnes in 1959.
[2] He was a member of the municipal councils of both Nes i Vest-Agder, Madla and Høyland before moving to Sandnes.
[2] Bentsen was also involved in the scouting movement, in the Norwegian Missionary Society[3] and in various congregational councils within the Church of Norway.