Bredstedt (Low German: Bredstedt; Danish: Bredsted; North Frisian: Bräist, German pronunciation: [ˈbʁeːtˌʃtɛt] ) is a town in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated near the North Sea coast, approximately 20 km northwest of Husum.

• Christian Albrecht Jensen (1792–1870), portrait painter who depicted most of the leading figures of the Danish Golden Age
• Hans Carl Knudtzon (1751–1823) emigrated to Norway and became a merchant, ship-owner and politician.