Kristian Smidt, OBE (20 November 1916 – 9 August 2013) was a Norwegian literary historian.
He was appointed professor of English literature at the University of Oslo from 1955 to 1985.
Among his publications are works on James Joyce and on the composition of Shakespeare's plays.
[1] Smidt also researched on text problems in Shakespeare, with special focus on Richard III.
Smidt published a collection of essays on poetry and criticism in 1972.