Nils Kåre Jacobsen (20 February 1929 – 30 October 2008) was a Norwegian publisher.
He was born in Bergen to Oscar Jacobsen and Ragna Walde, and married Berit Scherven in 1957.
He was manager of the publishing house Gyldendal Norsk Forlag from 1990 to 1995.
Among his books are Med Rieber gjennom 75 år (1954), Bak kobberdøren.
Gyldendal 1925–1975 from 1975, and biographies on Sigurd Hoel, Harald Grieg and Agnar Mykle.