Ottar Brox (30 August 1932 – 16 February 2024) was a Norwegian authority in social science and a politician for the Socialist Left Party.
Brox graduated as an agronomist from Norwegian College of Agriculture (NLH, now the Norwegian University of Life Sciences) in 1957, took history and sociology at the University of Oslo in 1959 and 1960 and a Doctor of Science degree from NLH in 1970.
Brox wrote a wide range of popularized science literature and participated actively in the public debate.
This book became a source of inspiration to Northern Norwegian regionalism and caused an upgrading of the economic impact of small vessels on fisheries.
His 1964 article "Avvisning av storsamfunnet som økonomisk tilpasningsform" (Rejection of Mainstream Society as a Form of Economic Adjustment) was selected for the Norwegian Sociology Canon in 2009–2011.