Tor Obrestad

Tor Obrestad (born 12 February 1938) is a Norwegian novelist, poet and documentary writer.

Obrestad was born in Hå. He made his literary debut in 1966 with two books, the poetry collection Kollisjon and a collection of short stories, Vind, and received Tarjei Vesaas' debutantpris for these two books. He was a member of the so-called Profil generation in 1968, the circle attached to the literary magazine Profil. He has written biographies on Arne Garborg, Hulda Garborg, Alexander Kielland and Einar Førde.