| Egil Knutsen | |
| Office: | Chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs |
| Term Start: | 21 October 2021 |
| Term End: | 2 April 2024 |
| 1Blankname: | First Deputy |
| 1Namedata: | Tina Bru |
| 2Blankname: | Second Deputy |
| 2Namedata: | Kari Elisabeth Kaski |
| Predecessor: | Mudassar Kapur |
| Successor: | Tuva Moflag |
| Office1: | Member of the Storting |
| Term Start1: | 1 October 2017 |
| Constituency1: | Hordaland |
| Office2: | Deputy Member of the Storting |
| Term Start2: | 1 October 2013 |
| Term End2: | 30 September 2017 |
| Constituency2: | Hordaland |
| Birth Date: | 21 October 1988 |
| Birth Place: | Haugesund, Rogaland, Norway |
| Party: | Labour |
| Alma Mater: | University of Bergen |
Eigil Knutsen (born 21 October 1988) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He has served as an MP for Hordaland since 2017, and was previously a deputy member from 2013 to 2017.
Knutsen was born on 21 October 1988 in Haugesund, Rogaland.[1]
Knutsen studied at the University of Bergen from 2008 to 2013, graduating with a Master's degree in economics.
From 2015 to 2017, Knutsen worked as a political adviser to Bergen Chief Commissioner Harald Schjelderup.
He served as a deputy representative to the Storting for Hordaland during the term 2013 - 2017.
Knutsen was elected as a representative to the Storting for Hordaland in the 2017 election. He was re-elected in 2021. He also became the chair of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs. He also became the party's financial spokesperson.[2]
On 20 March 2024, Knutsen announced that he would be resigning as spokesperson and committee chair, while additionally announcing that he wouldn't seek re-election at the 2025 election.[3] He was succeeded by Tuva Moflag on 2 April.[4]
Knutsen was on Utøya during the 2011 Utøya shootings, but succeeded in hiding from the shooter.[5]