Axel "Pap" Pilmark (23 November 1925 – 13 July 2009) was a Danish footballer, who played as an amateur for Kjøbenhavns Boldklub (KB) and professionally for Italian club Bologna FC.

He played 18 games and scored one goal for the Denmark national football team, and won a bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

[1][2] Axel Pilmar is one of the greatest technicians in Danish football history, able to the strike the ball with extreme precision.

[3] He played as a wing half-back, and formed a strong partnership with Ivan Jensen in the Danish national team.

Many of his 1948 Olympic teammates were already professional in Italian football, with Karl Aage Hansen and Jørgen Leschly Sørensen at Atalanta Bergamo and Ivan Jensen at Bologna FC all trying to persuade Pilmark to join their team.