Alf Ivar Hildrum (born 18 April 1948) is a Norwegian media executive and politician for the Labour Party.He was born in Overhalla. A siv.øk. by education, he worked as an information secretary in the Norwegian Ministry of Trade and Shipping from 1977 to 1978. He was then promoted to private secretary (today known as political advisor) in the same ministry, succeeding Tove Strand Gerhardsen.