Olaf Magnus Østensen (born 1950) is a Norwegian civil servant.
He works in the Norwegian Mapping and Cadastre Authority, where he is deputy director for NGIS.
[2] Østensen has also been head of the Norwegian Standards Council,[3] which has proposed standards that apply to audio and video content on public sites.
The Royal Norwegian Court announced on 17 November 2009 that the King had appointed Østensen as a Knight First Class of the Order of St. Olav for socially beneficial work.
It was further informed that the decision to award him was based on "[..] Østensens pioneering work related to national standardization work and the development of access to public information.