Hans Olav Syversen

{{Short description|Norwegian politician (born 1966)}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| image= 219px

| caption=

| office= Member of the Norwegian Parliament

| term_start= 1 October 2005

| term_end= 30 September 2017

| constituency= Oslo

| office2=Christian Democratic Parliamentary Leader

| term_start2= 28 April 2011

| term_end2= 16 October 2013

| leader2= Knut Arild Hareide

| predecessor2= Dagfinn Høybråten

| successor2= Knut Arild Hareide

| birth_date= {{birth date and age|1966|11|25|df=y}}

| birth_place= Skjervøy, Troms, Norway

| party= Christian Democratic Party

}}

Hans Olav Syversen (born 25 November 1966 in Skjervøy) is a Norwegian politician for the Christian Democratic Party.{{cite encyclopedia|url=https://snl.no/Hans_Olav_Syversen|title=Hans Olav Syversen|encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon|accessdate=24 February 2025|language=no}}

He was first elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in 2005, serving until 2017. He previously served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament during the term 1989–1993.

During the first cabinet Bondevik, Syversen was appointed political advisor in the Ministry of Justice and the Police. He left the position in 1999. In 2003, during the second cabinet Bondevik, he was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Children and Family Affairs.

On the local level he was a member of Oslo city council from 1995 to 2003, being city administrative councillor (kommunalråd) since 1999. He was a member of the central party board from 1997 to 1999.

He graduated with the cand.jur. degree from the University of Oslo in 2000. He has been involved in the European Movement, and in 2009 became chairman of Friends of Israel in the Parliament of Norway for a two-year period.{{cite news|url=https://www.nrk.no/norge/krf-og-frp-leder-israels-venner-1.6881143|title=KrF og Frp deler ledervervet i Israels venner|work=NRK|date=24 November 2009|language=no}}