Lars Oftedal (3 January 1877 – 19 April 1932) was a Norwegian attorney and newspaper editor.

[1] Oftedal was born in Stavanger in Rogaland, Norway.

He was the son of parish priest Lars Oftedal (1838–1900) and his wife Olava Mathilde Ohlsen (1839–1931).

His father was the founding editor of Stavanger Aftenblad and also served as a member of the Storting.

Oftedal attended Kongsgaard skole in Stavanger and took Cand.