Øystein Kåre Djupedal (born 5 May 1960) is a Norwegian politician.
Djupedal was born in Oslo, Norway, and is the son of the linguist Reidar Djupedal.
He is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party (SV), and a member of Storting for Sør-Trøndelag County, where he has sat since the 1993 election.
For two years, from 17 October 2005 until 18 October 2007, he was the Minister of Education and Research.