Reidar Webster

Reidar Ludvig Webster (born 11 January 1935) is a Norwegian civil servant.

He was born in Oslo as the son of manager Reidar Ludvig Webster (1905–1966) and pianist Astrid Thyrnhi (1901–1981). He finished his secondary education in 1953, and graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.jur. degree in 1963. In the same year he married district court judge Ingeborg Haldis Aslaksen. He was also a competitive sport canoeist, and has been president of the Norwegian Canoe Association.

In 1972 he was hired as assistant secretary in the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development. In 1988 he was appointed as State Conciliator of Norway, having been Assisting State Conciliator since 1978. His last day in office was on 31 December 2004. He was succeeded by Svein Longva.