Vilhelm Bjerke Petersen (December 24, 1909 - September 13, 1957) was a Danish painter, writer and art theorist.
Born in Copenhagen, he studied under Axel Revold at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts from 1927-1929, and then, under Paul Klee and Wassily Kandinsky at Bauhaus Dessau from 1930 to 1931.
He was a Surrealist painter and agitated for the style in several publications. He influenced several painters, including Karen Holtsmark, Bjarne Rise and Johannes Rian. He lived in Sweden from 1944.
Vilhelm Bjerke Petersen has had several gallery and museum exhibitions, including at the Henie Onstad Art Center and at the Skive Kunstmuseum.
He died of heart disease at the hospital in Halmstad, Sweden in 1957 at the age of 47.