Olav Midttun (8 April 1883 – 5 January 1972) was a Norwegian philologist, biographer, magazine editor, and media executive.

He edited the cultural magazine Syn og Segn for more than fifty years, and was the first national program director of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK).

He was married twice, first from October 1909 to Mietze Bentsen, née Sandkuhl (1877–1942), then from 1950 to Borghild Skarmann.

[2] He edited the cultural magazine Syn og Segn for more than fifty years, from 1908 to 1960.

[3] This article about a Norwegian writer, poet or journalist is a stub.