Turid Birkeland (5 November 1962 – 24 December 2015) was a Norwegian cultural executive and politician for the Labour Party.

She was an author and also worked in television, including being chief of cultural programming at NRK and a member of the board at Telenor.

[8] In April 1997, during her term, she made the first official visit to Cuba by a Norwegian government minister, setting up a cultural exchange agreement.

[9][10][11] After her spell as Minister of Culture, which ended following the 1997 election, Birkeland returned to Reiseradioen in 1998, and was a presenter in the channel NRK 2 from 1998 to 1999.

[1] On 16 April 2012, Birkeland became director of Concerts Norway, succeeding Åse Kleveland, who had also been her predecessor as Minister of Culture.