Jarle Benum is a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party.

He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Nord-Trøndelag

Nord-Trøndelag

is a county constituting the northern part of Trøndelag in Norway. As of 2010, the county had 131,555 inhabitants, making it the country's fourth-least populated county. The largest municipalities are Stjørdal, Steinkjer—the county seat, Levanger, Namsos and Verdal, all with between 21,000 and...

 during the terms 1965–1969, 1969–1973 and 1973–1977.

On the local level Benum was involved in local politics in Verdal

Verdal

Verdal is a municipality in Nord-Trøndelag county, Norway. It is part of the Innherad region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Verdalsøra...

 municipality from 1959 to 1979. Other than that he worked as a farmer.

He chaired the regional chapter of the Young Liberals from 1956 to 1960, the last two years as member of the national board. He chaired the county chapter of the Liberal Party from 1972 to 1973.