Sven Eivindsen Aarrestad (8 October 1850 – 19 January 1942) was a writer, politician, and leader in the Norwegian temperance movement during the 19th century.

He was the eldest of six siblings born to his parents, farmer Eivind Torkelsen Aarrestad (1820–1902) and Inger Svensdatter Skretting (1829–1922).

When he was four years old, his family moved to Årrestad in the community of Time, where he attended private school.

From 1875 to 1876, he was a teacher in Brevik, from 1876 to 1878 in Tønsberg, and from 1878 to 1891, managed a high school at Sande in Vestfold.

[1] In 1901, Sven Aarrestad was decorated Knight, First class, and in 1908 Commander of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav.