Ragnhild Queseth Haarstad (4 April 1939 – 6 June 2017) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party.

After basic education she took commerce school in 1957, and then attended the Conservatory of Music from 1957 to 1959.

[1] Queseth Haarstad entered politics, first as board member of Hedmark Centre Party from 1968 to 1970.

[1] Haarstad was elected as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway from Hedmark in 1973 and 1977.

While her last term as an MP ended in 1997, the Centre Party then formed Bondevik's First Cabinet, where Haarstad was appointed as Minister of Local Government.