Kjell Eide was a Norwegian civil servant.

He was born in Ås

Ås

Ås is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway. It is part of the Follo traditional region. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Ås...

 as a son of Erling Eide, and was an economist by profession. From 1960 to 1961 he was a secretary for Per Kleppe

Per Kleppe

Per Andreas Hildte Kleppe is a Norwegian economist and politician for the Labour Party.As an elected politician he served in the position of deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Oslo in during the term 1954–1957...

 in the Kleppe Committee. He worked for OECD from 1961 to 1964 and was a deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Education and Church Affairs

Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research

Royal Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research is a Norwegian responsible for education, research and kindergartens. The ministry was established in 1814, and since October 18, 2007 led by Tora Aasland and Kristin Halvorsen in 2009. The department reports to the legislature...

from 1964 to 1995. He wrote several books. He died in October 2011.