Stein Kuhnle (born 22 November 1947) is a Norwegian political scientist.
He was born in Bergen,[1] a son of Jacob R. Kuhnle.[2] He was appointed professor of comparative politics at the University of Bergen in 1982. Among his works is Velferdsstaten from 1985, and in 1995 he was co-editor of a book on the theory of political scientist Stein Rokkan.[1] He is a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.[3]