Hans Edvard Kjølseth (28 September 1870 – 13 January 1966) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Liberal Party. He was born at Øverstedal in Sylte as a son of farmer and joiner Ole Hansen Øverstedal (1839–1911) and Aagot Skorgen (1844–1898). From 1887 to 1893 he worked as a joiner, studied at a technical school, studied under a blacksmith for one year and worked at Trondhjems mekaniske Værksted for three years. From 1894 to 1894 he attended a technical school in Horten, and after one year as a designer at Kongsberg Våpenfabrikk from 1894 to 1895 he was hired at Skiensfjordens mekaniske fagskole in Porsgrunn. He studied at (in Chomutov) from 1897 to 1898, then returned to his Porsgrunn school where he was promoted to inspector in 1898, headmaster in 1901 and director from 1908 to