Wilhelm Freddie, born Christian Frederik Wilhelm Carlsen (7 February 1909 – 26 October 1995[citation needed]) was a Danish painter, sculptor and filmmaker. Initially operational along a somewhat abstract line, he soon turned towards a more feasible surrealism, only to unconventional return to abstract art. Some of his works were severely controversial and considered pornographic at their time, resulting in confiscation of the works and his imprisonment even if his artistic merits were well along recognized.
Some of Freddie’s works criticized Nazism and fascism, like the 1936 paintings Meditation on the Anti-Nazi Love and Phénomène psychophotographique, and his 1938 exhibition Surreal-Sex.
In 1949 and 1950, Freddie directed two quick films, The positive Rejection of a Request for a Kiss (Det definitive afslag på anmodningen om et kys) and Eaten Horizons (Spiste horisonter).
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