Jørgen Hustad

Jørgen Ludolf Pedersen Hustad (29 January 1896 – 31 May 1978) was a Norwegian newspaper editor and politician for the Labour Party.

He was born in Gildeskål Municipality as a son of laborer Petter Hustad (1856–1947) and Helene Sofie Jensen (1859–1933). He attended business school, and worked as a laborer in Narvik from 1910 to 1914. He married in 1916.

In 1915, he was hired as manager of the newspaper Nordlys, soon advancing to editor-in-chief. In 1917 he was hired in the Halden office of . He moved on to and was the editor-in-chief of that newspaper from 1922 to 1927. He was a member of the municipal council of Halden Municipality from 1923 to 1928, and deputy mayor in 1928. but continued as a journalist until his retirement. His daughter married Erik Ribu.