Knut Mørkved (29 March 1938 – 10 November 2017) was a Norwegian diplomat.
degree in political science and started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1967.
His early diplomatic stations were in Brussels, Cairo and at the UN in New York City.
He served as Norway's ambassador to the Philippines from 1983 to 1987 and Egypt from 1988 to 1992, and after a stint as a special adviser in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1992 to 1996 he served as ambassador to Croatia from 1997 to 2001 before retiring.
During his time in Cairo he also had side accreditations to Jordan, Syria and Sudan, and while in Croatia he also covered Bosnia and Hercegovina.