Fartein Valen-Sendstad (15 June 1918 – 13 February 1984) was a Norwegian historian and museologist.
He served as Director of Maihaugen in Lillehammer, Norway.
He worked as curator of the Sandvig Collection at Maihaugen in Lillehammer from 1949.
[1] [2] He published the three-volume series Gudbrandsdalen gjennom tidene in cooperation with Sigurd Grieg.
His main research contribution was on the history of agriculture in Norway.