Ragnvald Iversen (January 18, 1882 – August 21, 1960) was a Norwegian educator and professor of North Germanic linguistics.

Lydverket i hoveddrag (The Senja Dialect: Phonology and Main Features, published 1913), after which he taught in Arendal from 1910 to 1913.

In 1918 he went on partial leave to pursue a university scholarship that enabled him to receive his PhD in 1921 with the dissertation Bokmål og talemål i Norge 1560–1630 (Standard Language and Dialects in Norway from 1560 to 1630).

Together with Halvdan Koht (also from Tromsø), Johan Bojer, Gustav Natvig-Pedersen, Arne Bergsgård, and Martin Birkeland, in 1934 Iversen was appointed to a committee whose recommendations led to the 1938 orthographic reform and the common language variety known as Samnorsk.

Iversen also held the position of Deputy Chief Scout from 1920 to 1945, for which he received the Silver Wolf award in 1924 and the King's Medal of Merit in Gold in 1936, as well as the Order of St. Olav (knight and commander).