Jorunn Økland (born 1964) is a Norwegian gender studies expert and biblical scholar with a background in Classics.
Her fields of expertise are Pauline Studies, ancient mediterranean material culture, feminist critique of religion, gender and sacred texts, Bible translation, and cultural/secular uses of the Bible.
She has led several research projects, was co-founder and the first managing editor of the Journal of the Bible and Its Reception (de Gruyter 2014-).
She has also held further positions of trust in international research associations and has since 2016 been member of Council (a board of directors) of Society of Biblical Literature.
She has been a researcher at the Centre for Advanced Study at the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters on two projects.