Ede Ulfert Staal (2 August 1941 – 22 July 1986) was a Dutch singer-songwriter from the Northern province of Groningen who sang mainly in Gronings dialect.

Ede Staal was born in 1941 in Warffum, the son of a NSB-father (National Socialist) and a farmer's daughter.

[1] In 1981, he began singing in Gronings dialect, and became well known with the comical song "Mien toentje" (My little garden) as well as with "t Het nog nooit zo donker west" (It has never been so dark before).

One of his last songs was the emotional "Mien hogelaand" (My high land) in which Staal sang of his love for the region where he grew up.

[1] Staal was scheduled to receive the K. ter Laanprijs for his efforts to promote the local language.