Halvor Floden (22 July 1884 – 3 December 1956) was a Norwegian schoolteacher, children's writer, novelist, poet and playwright.

In 1907 he married teacher and nurse Anne Olsdatter Haugen (1867-1945) and settled as a schoolteacher in Elverum.

Through his marriage, he became the brother-in-law of children's book author Ole Haugen-Flermoe (1878-1956) and newspaper editor Olav Hougen (1890-1943).

[1][2] Floden made his literary debut in 1911, with the children's book Brør og halvbrør.

The posthumously Ein fjellgard was issued by Norsk Folkeminnelag in a series on cultural history.