Hans Olav Brenner (born 1978) is a Norwegian presenter , cultural journalist and actor .

Hans Olav Brenner comes from Landåsbygda in Søndre Land. He began studying political science in Trondheim and took basic subjects there and intermediate subjects in Oslo. He then started studying the history of religion and took basic and intermediate subjects in this subject.

He joined Radio Nova and then got a position in P2 before starting as a presenter in the TV program Store studio . He has since worked, among other things, with the Book program and the poetry program Diktafon . In the autumn of 2011, he premiered the program Brenner - stories from our country.