Jørund Telnes (10 January 1845 - 3 February 1892) was a Norwegian farmer, teacher, writer and politician. Today he is most commonly associated with his book Soga om Sterke-Nils about :no:Sterke-Nils (1722-1800), the legendary strongman from Telemark.

Telnes was born at Seljord in Telemark, Norway. He was the son of Nils Sigurdsson Forberg (1815-1874) and Ingebjørg Jørgensdotter Telnes (1825-1916).He was educated at