Utstein Abbey (Norwegian: Utstein Kloster) is Norway's best-preserved medieval monastery. It is located on the southern shore of the island of Klosterøy in Stavanger municipality, Rogaland county. It was built in the late 1200s. Utstein Church is located on the grounds of the abbey. .
The abbey, dedicated to , was founded in its present location during the reign of King (1263–1280). It was a house of . It appears however that this community was. .
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• Fischer, Gerhard (1965). Utstein kloster: kongsgård, kloster, herregård (in Norwegian). Stavanger: Stiftelsen Utstein kloster.• Lexow, Jan Hendrich (1987). "Utstein kloster i middelalderen". Årbok: Foreningen til norske fortidsminnesmerkers. .
Utstein Abbey is the best-preserved monastery in all of , still using both the church and the eastern and southern part of the ground floor of the convent buildings. In 1900-1904 major restoration work was carried out on the church, and in 1965 work on the. .
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