Gunvald Christian Berhard Thorkildsen (19 July 1845–1908) was a Norwegian theologian and Bishop in the Church of Norway.
He married Johanne Dich, the daughter of the parish priest Sigismund Christian Dich.
Thorkildsen was a priest in the parish of Sund from 1872 until 1877.
In 1877, he became the parish priest in Øvrebø, based at Øvrebø Church, a job which he held until 1890.
He continued working in Oddernes until 1904 when he was appointed to be the Bishop of the Diocese of Kristiansand which (at that time) covered all of Rogaland, Agder, and Telemark in Southern Norway.