Knut Kjeldstadli (born 6 June 1948 in Oslo) is a Norwegian historian.
Kjeldstadli completed his examen artium at Oslo Cathedral School in 1967 before studying English and social economics at the University of Oslo, where he completed his master in history in 1977.
[2] Kjeldstadli is also involved in politics, in the Socialist Left Party as well as ATTAC.
Kjeldstadli was awarded the Brage Prize in 2003 for serving as editor of Norsk innvandringshistorie.
He was the son of historian Sverre Kjeldstadli,[1] paternal grandson of trade unionist Lars Kjeldstadli (1870–1934), maternal grandson of editor Daniel Grini and grandnephew of politician Sigvart Grini.