Erik Bredal (1608 – 18 May 1672) was a Danish-born, Norwegian Lutheran Bishop. Erik Bredal was born in the town of Rudkøbing, on the island of Langeland in south-central Denmark. Bredal came from a clerical family. His father was a parish priest in Rudkøbing and provost in Nørre Herred. His grandfather was vicar of Vinding Parish, in Tyrsting Herred. After schooling at Sorø Academy, he came to Nykøbing Falster, where he became rector of the Latin school in 1633. From 1637, he was a student at the University of Rostock, earning his Magister degree in 1639.