Karl Eirik Schjøtt-Pedersen (born October 3, 1959 in Vardø) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party, and since 1985 a parliamentary representative for Finnmark. He was Minister of Fisheries from 1996 to 1997 and Minister of Finance from 2000 to 2001 in the first cabinet Stoltenberg. Pedersen is currently Chief of Staff at the Office of the Prime Minister.