Sylvia Brustad (born 19 December 1966, in Elverum) is a former Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.

Following the electoral victory of the 2005 elections, Brustad became Minister of Health and Care Services in the second cabinet Stoltenberg.

Brustad became known for her role as Minister for Child and Family Affairs in 1996 when a law restricting the opening hours of shops on Sundays, holidays and after nine in the evening was passed.

Only stores smaller than 100 square metres were allowed to remain open, such shops were somewhat disparagingly nicknamed "Brustadbuer" ("Brustad shacks"), until the law was quietly repealed in 2003.

[1] Brustad herself claimed that she had not personally advocated the law, but that she was required to follow through on a decision within the Labour Party.