Olav Valen-Sendstad (30 June 1904 – 5 May 1963) was a Norwegian theologian, priest, and philosopher.
Valen-Sendstad was born in Notodden, Norway, to agricultural school teacher Aksel Sendstad (1872–1922) and Magnhild Valen, and grew up in Kristiania (today Oslo), where he took his examen artium in 1923 and received his cand.
From 1931 to 1941 he was the vicar of Jelsa, and from 1941 to 1955 resident chaplain of St. Johannes Church in Stavanger.
From 1958 on he taught at Fjellhaug School [no], part of the Norwegian Lutheran Mission.
[2] He strongly opposed the repeal of the Jesuit clause and published Åpent brev til Norges storting 1954 : vil stortinget gi jesuitt-fascismen sin moralske anerkjennelse?