Lars Egeland

Lars Egeland (born 6 December 1957) is a Norwegian librarian and politician for the Socialist Left Party.

He was born in Tønsberg, and finished secondary education in Nøtterøy in 1976. He held various jobs, but after graduating from the National Library School in 1983 he worked as such in Vestfold from 1985. He was the chief librarian at Vestfold University College from 1995 to 2003, head of department in the Norwegian Archive, Library and Museum Authority from 2003 to 2007 and briefly director at Oslo University College in 2007.