Harald Skavlan (19 June 1854 – 11 July 1908) was a Norwegian railroad engineer.
He was born in Herøy as a son of dean Aage Schavland (1806–1876) and his wife Gerhardine Pauline Bergh (1817–1884).
In 1898 he succeeded Thorbjørn Lekve as head engineer of the western part of the Bergen Line, which was under construction.
[2] Skavlan advocated a type of countercyclical economy, stating that the state should take particular care of hiring railroad workers and building railroads in downturn periods, as to prevent unemployment.
However, he also proposed to cut red tape in administration, and that technical specialists be given more leeway.