Pål Brekke (born 23 May 1961) in Oslo, Norway) is a Norwegian solar physicist astrophysicist who received his Cand Mag.

His thesis focused on the ultraviolet (UV) emissions from the Sun observed with instruments on sounding rockets and the space shuttle Challenger.

His work focused on dynamical aspects of the Sun and measuring variations in solar UV radiation.

After the launch of SOHO in December 1995 he was part of the science operation team at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Numerous appearances in national and international news-networks (CNN, USA Today, Der Spiegel, BBC etc.).