| Olav Garvik | |
| Birth Date: | 21 March 1944 |
| Birth Place: | Ogna, Norway |
| Occupation: | Journalist |
| Employer: | Norwegian: [[Bergens Tidende]] |
Olav Garvik (born 21 March 1944) is a Norwegian journalist and biographer. He spent most of his career as journalist for the newspaper Norwegian: [[Bergens Tidende]].
Born in Ogna on 21 March 1944, Garvik graduated as cand.mag. from the University of Bergen in 1969.
He worked as journalist for the newspaper Norwegian: [[Bergens Tidende]] from 1969 to 1978. He was chief editor of the newspaper Norwegian: [[Porsgrunns Dagblad]] in 1979. From 1980 to 2009 he was again assigned to Norwegian: Bergens Tidende, where he assumed various positions. He retired from the newspaper in 2009, about forty years after his first assignment.[1]
His books include Norwegian: Da Venstre sprakk from 1982, Norwegian: Kristelig Folkeparti mellom tro og makt (1983), and biographies of the politicians Henrik Ameln, Wollert Konow, Bent Røiseland and Lars Sponheim.