Thorkild Hansen (9 January 1927 – 4 February 1989) was a Danish novelist most noted for his historical fiction.
He attended Holte Gymnasium and from 1945–47 studied literature at the University of Copenhagen.
In 1947, he moved to Paris where he wrote dispatches for the Copenhagen-based Ekstra Bladet.
After returning to Denmark in 1952, he devoted his efforts to a series of novels.
Det Lykkelige Arabien: En Dansk Ekspedition (1962) covered the Danish Arabia expedition (1761–67) led by Carsten Niebuhr.