Bendik Rugaas

{{short description|Norwegian librarian and politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| name= Bendik Rugaas

| office= Minister of Administration and Planning

| term_start= 29 November 1996

| term_end= 17 October 1997

| primeminister= Thorbjørn Jagland

| predecessor= Terje Rød-Larsen

| successor= Eldbjørg Løwer

| birth_name= Bendik Jørgen Rugaas

| birth_date= {{birth date and age|1942|12|31|df=y}}

| birth_place= Sør-Varanger, Norway

| party= Labour Party

}}

Bendik Jørgen Rugaas (born 31 December 1942) is a Norwegian librarian and former politician for the Norwegian Labour Party.[http://www.snl.no/Bendik_Rugaas Bendik Rugaas] in Store norske leksikon {{in lang|no}} Rugaas was Minister of Planning from 1996 to 1997 as part of the cabinet of Thorbjørn Jagland.