Finn Erling Kydland (born 1 December 1943) is a Norwegian economist known for his contributions to business cycle theory.

Finn Kydland became interested in mathematics and economics as a young adult, after he did some bookkeeping at a friend's mink farm.

His main areas of teaching and interest are business cycles, monetary and fiscal policy and labor economics.

[7][8] He is a Research Associate for the Federal Reserve Banks of Dallas, Cleveland and St. Louis, and a Fellow at the IC² Institute at the University of Texas at Austin.

Kydland married Liv Kjellevold in 1968, with whom he had four children: Jon Martin, Eirik, Camilla, and Kari.