Peter Kihlgård, born 10 April 1954 in Örebro, is a Swedish author, playwright and translator.
Kihlgård works across literary genres with a variety of artistic expressions. He is the author of acclaimed novels such as Fadder Teiresias vår (1988), the semi-autobiographical Strandmannen (1992), the experimental Anvisningar till en far (1996) and the popular love story Kicki & Lasse (2007), as well as of plays, prose poetry and short stories.
Kihlgård is also the Swedish translator of two Salman Rushdie novels.