Carsten Smith (born 13 July 1932, in Oslo) is a Norwegian judge and lawyer.

He served as Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Oslo (1977–1979) and as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway (1991–2002).^[1] After his retirement from the court, he continued to handle international arbitration cases, and worked with the United Nations.^[2]

He was appointed Reader in Law at the University of Oslo in 1960 and Professor of Law with a specialization in commercial and banking law in 1964. He also was the first chairman of the Sami Rights Commission.^[3]

Among his many published works is Kausjonsrett. Carsten Smith was awarded the Grand Cross of the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav on 13 May 2003.^[1] In 1985, he received the Fritt Ord Honorary Award.^[4] He is a member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.^[5] He also received honorary degrees from several institutions, including Uppsala University^[6] and Brigham Young University.^[7]

In 1958, he married fellow lawyer Lucy Smith, whom he survived. One of Norway's first female lawyers, she was also a law professor and the former rector of the University of Oslo.^[1] They have three daughters who became lawyers.

Smith took his examen artium at Oslo Cathedral School in 1949 and began studying law at the University of Oslo that year.^[8]