Kjersti Bale (born 30 March 1959) is a Norwegian philologist.
She is a professor at the Department of Literature, Area Studies and European Languages, University of Oslo.
She is a co-editor of the Journal of Aesthetics & Culture and editorial board member of Agora.
Among her literary interests are Cora Sandel and Michel de Montaigne.
[1] She is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.