Ola Mestad (born 8 December 1955) is a Norwegian legal scholar.
Mestad served as deputy chair of the Government Pension Fund Global's ethical council.
[2] Mestad has written about the Constitution of Norway and other 19th-century topics, including Rett, nasjon, union.
Den svensk-norske unionens rettslige historie 1814–1905 with Dag Michalsen (2005) and Anton Martin Schweigaard.
[1] Mestad was a board member of the publishing houses Fonna (1980s), Det Norske Samlaget (1985 to 1999) and Aschehoug (from 2003); editorial council member of Samtiden from 2001 to 2006 and Syn og Segn from 2006; board member of the Ibsen Year of 2006; and chair of Dag og Tid from 2005.