Stein Kåre Kristiansen (born 22 March 1951) is a Norwegian journalist. He is currently political editor if the television channel TV 2. As such he appears on-screen as a news analyst on political affairs. He is often interviewed by other news media, and maintains a blog. He lives in Sørumsand. In 2006, Kristiansen was one of only three journalists in Norway to be taxed on an income of more than a million Norwegian kroner. The incomes of the top three were with 1,672,845, Oddvar Stenstrøm with 1,187,114, and Stein Kåre Kristiansen with 1,055,417.