Einar Hovdhaugen (26 February 1908[1] – 1 July 1996[2]) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.
[1] He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oppland in 1958, and was re-elected on two occasions.
He was also a Deputy Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 1959 to 1960.
[4] Hovdhaugen wrote 18 books during his lifetime, mainly about the local history of Ringebu, such as the homestead period and emigration to the United States.
Following the decision to award the 1973 Nobel Peace Prize to Henry Kissinger and Lê Đức Thọ, Hovdhaugen resigned from the committee in protest, along with fellow committee member Helge Rognlien.