Erling Sandene (7 April 1921 – 5 March 2015) was a Norwegian judge and civil servant.
He was born in Bærum, a son of Jensine Sæther (1887–1981) and her schoolteacher husband Johan Sandene (1885–1945).
[2] Sandene became County Governor of Møre og Romsdal from 1966 to 1972.
He then served as Supreme Court Justice beginning in 1972 as well as Norwegian Parliamentary Ombudsman from 1974 to 1982.
[3] During his lifetime (1982), Sandene was appointed a Commander with Star of the Order of St. Olav in 1982,[4] and was also a freemason.