Thorvald Wilhelmsen (14 February 1912 – 13 September 1996) was a Norwegian long-distance runner who specialized in the 10,000 metres. He represented the club Grue-Finnskog IL.
He never participated in the Summer Olympics, but finished seventh at the 1946 European Championships at Bislett stadion in a personal best time of 31:20.8 minutes.Norwegian international athletes - W This remained his career best time.Norwegian all-time list 10,000 metres He became Norwegian champion in 1946,Norwegian championships in 10,000 metres but his career was interrupted by World War II in Norway from 1940 to 1945.
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