Ragnvald Anderson Nestos (April 12, 1877 – July 15, 1942) was a Norwegian-American politician who served as the 13th governor of North Dakota from 1921 to 1925.

One of ten children, he was sixteen and spoke no English when he came to the United States[1] to live with his aunt and uncle at Buxton, North Dakota.

In 1904, he graduated from the University of North Dakota and moved to Minot, where he began practicing law with a partner, attorney C. A.

Nestos worked hard to make the new state-owned businesses (State Mill and Elevator and the Bank of North Dakota) a success.

During his administration, North Dakota came into national compliance for registering births and deaths, and the state had a full-time health officer for the first time.