Peter Wilhelm Kreydahl Bøckman Jr. (14 May 1927 – 17 December 2006) was a Norwegian religious studies scholar.
He was born in Skjervøy Municipality in Troms county, Norway. He was a grandson of bishop Peter W. K. Bøckman, Sr. and brother of journalist Knut Bøckman. He graduated with a cand.theol. degree in 1953, and following studied in the United States and Sweden. He was hired as a lecturer at the University of Oslo in 1967. From 1975 to 1997 he was a professor of religious studies at the University of Trondheim. He published several books on theological topics.
Selected works Gud og menneske : en kristen troslære (2004) Den norske kirke : historisk og aktuelt (1989) Liv, fellesskap, tjeneste. En kristen etikk (1970)
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