Elsa Skjerven

{{Short description|Norwegian politician (1919–2005)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image= 200px

| caption= Skjerven in 1968.

| office= Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs

| term_start= 12 October 1965

| term_end= 17 March 1971

| primeminister= Per Borten

| predecessor= Aase Bjerkholt

| successor= Inger Louise Valle

| office2= Deputy Member of the Norwegian Parliament

| term_start2= 1 October 1965

| term_end2= 30 September 1977

| constituency2= Sør-Trøndelag

| birth_name= Elsa Rigmor Skjerven

| birth_date= {{birth date|1919|12|11|df=y}}

| birth_place= Oslo, Norway

| death_date= {{Death date and age|2005|10|29|1919|12|11|df=y}}

| death_place= Bærum, Akershus, Norway

| party= Christian Democratic

| nationality= Norwegian

}}

Elsa Rigmor Skjerven (11 December 1919 – 29 October 2005) was a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.

She was born in Oslo.

She was never elected to the Norwegian Parliament, but served in the position of deputy representative from Sør-Trøndelag during the terms 1965–1969, 1969–1973 and 1973–1977.

In 1965 Skjerven was appointed Minister of Family and Consumer Affairs in the centre-right cabinet Borten. She held the position until the Borten cabinet fell in 1971.

Skjerven was a member of Trondheim city council from 1959 to 1983, as well as a member of Sør-Trøndelag county council in 1979–1982.