Ellen Birgitte Pedersen (born 1955) is a Norwegian politician for the Socialist Left Party.
Born in Bergen, she took the cand.med. degree in 1979. She has worked in Øksnes, Bodø and Stokmarknes, as well as a lecturer at the University of Tromsø. She has been a member of Øksnes municipal council and Nordland county council, and chaired her party on both municipal and county level.
In June 2008 she was appointed State Secretary in the Ministry of Health and Care Services.