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Engebret H. Brændholen (17 February 1882 – ) was a Norwegian trade unionist and politician for the Labour and Social Democratic Labour parties.

He was born in Elverum. He was a workshop laborer for the Norwegian State Railways, chaired the trade union ''3. distrikts verkstedforening and the Labour Party local group Hamar socialdemokratiske forening''. He was also a member of Hamar city council. In the 1912 parliamentary election he was fielded as his party's candidate in the urban constituency Lillehammer, Hamar, Gjøvik og Kongsvinger. The constituency comprised four cities; however he carried none of the cities and lost to Conservative Axel Thallaug with 1,489 against 2,508 votes.

In 1914 he moved from Hamar, settling in Stange. Here he was the second ballot candidate in Hedmark for the Social Democratic Labour Party in the 1921 election, after leaving the Labour Party. He was not elected.