Steinar Pedersen (born 2 March 1947 in Tana) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party.
He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Finnmark during the term 1993 - 1997. During the first cabinet Stoltenberg, Pedersen was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government. From 1989 to 2005 he was a member of the Sami Parliament of Norway.
In 2006 he took the dr.philos. degree in history, with the paper Lappekodisillen i nord 1751-1859. He is the current rector of the Sámi University College.
Steinar Pedersen is the uncle of Helga Pedersen.