Torolv Solheim (7 November 1907, Radøy - 23 May 1995) was a Norwegian educator, essayist, resistance member and politician. He was originally a politician for the Communist Party of Norway, later a member of the Norwegian Labour Party, he was among the initiators of the Socialist People's Party, founded in 1961, and its chairman from 1969 to 1971. He was later a member of the Socialist Left Party. He edited the magazine Fossegrimen from 1954 to 1968.[1] [2]