Bjarne Saltnes (26 February 1934 – 16 May 2016) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He was born in Skaun as a son of a mill worker, and after vocational school as a carpenter in 1951, and some years as a construction labourer, he worked at the mill J.C. Piene & Søn from 1964 to 1997. From 1972 to 1994 he was a board member of the company as an employees' representative, and from 1977 to 1986 he chaired the trade union Møllearbeidernes Fagforening.