Tove Nilsen (born 25 October 1952) is a Norwegian novelist, children's writer and literary critic.
She made her literary debut in 1974 with the novel Aldri la dem kle deg forsvarsløst naken.
Her adolescence novel from a dormitory town, Skyskraperengler (1982) was a bestseller.She was awarded the Riksmål Society Literature Prize in 1993.
Her novel Øyets sult (1993) was nominated for the Nordic Council's Literature Prize.