| Tora Aasland | |
| Office: | Minister of Research and Higher Education |
| Term Start: | 18 October 2007 |
| Term End: | 23 March 2012 |
| Primeminister: | Jens Stoltenberg |
| Predecessor: | Position established |
| Office1: | Member of the Norwegian Parliament |
| Term Start1: | 1 October 1985 |
| Term End1: | 30 September 1993 |
| Constituency1: | Akershus |
| Office2: | Governor of Rogaland |
| Term Start2: | 23 March 2012 |
| Term End2: | 1 October 2013 |
| Predecessor2: | Harald Torfinn Thune (acting) |
| Successor2: | Magnhild Meltveit Kleppa |
| Term Start3: | 1 October 1993 |
| Term End3: | 18 October 2007 |
| Predecessor3: | Harald Torfinn Thune (acting) |
| Successor3: | Harald Thorfinn Thune (acting) |
| Office4: | Vice President of the Odelsting |
| Term Start4: | 10 October 1989 |
| Term End4: | 30 September 1993 |
| President4: | Inger Lise Gjørv |
| Predecessor4: | Kåre Kristiansen |
| Successor4: | Dag Jostein Fjærvoll |
| Birth Date: | 6 November 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Skien, Telemark, Norway |
| Party: | Socialist Left |
Tora Aasland (born 6 November 1942, in Skien) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party. She served as the Minister of Research and Higher Education from 18 October 2007 to 23 March 2012. She was a member of the Norwegian Parliament, representing Akershus, from 1985 to 1993. From 1991 to 2013, she served as the County Governor of Rogaland.
Aasland was a deputy member of the executive committee of Nesodden municipality council during the terms 1975–1979 and 1979–1983.
Aasland has a cand.sociol. degree in sociology and was a researcher at the Norwegian Institute for Social Research from 1976 to 1982, and its acting director from 1980 to 1981. She has cited Vilhelm Aubert as her largest influence.[1]