Finn Varde Jespersen (4 April 1914 – 6 June 1944) was among Norway's leading orienteers in the late 1930s.

He represented the Norwegian national team in the third Scandinavian cup in September 1939, where only Sweden and Norway participated because of travel restrictions for the Finnish athletes due to the recent outbreak of war, and Jespersen placed third in the individual contest.

[2] In the 1940 season he won a contest in Finland ahead of the Finnish orienteers Börje Malmström, Jan Gripenberg and Birger Lönnberg.

He then embarked on a long journey via Finland, Russia, Japan, crossing the Pacific Ocean and finally reaching North America.

[1] His diaries from 1940, edited by and with comments by John Berg, were published in 1983 as 9. april kommer jeg aldri til å glemme....