Torstein Rudihagen (born 14 August 1952 inSør-Fron) is a Norwegian politician for theLabour Party.
In his early career, he worked as a teacher. He began his political career in the municipality council of Sør-Fron, to which he was elected in 1983. He later becamemayor, a seat he filled from 1991 to 1997. On 3 March 1995 he was appointedState Secretary in theMinistry of Transport, under theBrundtland's Third Cabinet. When Brundtland resigned andThorbjørn Jagland formed anew government, Rudihagen retained his job as State Secretary. However, he lost the job when the cabinet fell in 1997.
In theelection of 1997, he was elected to theParliament of Norway from his home county ofOppland. He has been re-elected on two occasions.