| Børge Johannes Lauritsen | |
| Birth Date: | 1916 10, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Års |
| Death Date: | [1] [2] |
| Death Place: | Ryvangen |
| Death Cause: | Execution by firing squad, three shots in the chest |
| Resting Place: | Års cemetery |
| Occupation: | Merchant |
| Known For: | Executed as member of the Danish resistance movement |
| Website: | Web site: Modstandsdatabasen . Copenhagen . . Børge Johannes Lauritsen . Resistance Database . 2014-12-04 . Danish. |
Børge Johannes Lauritsen (22 October 1916 – 23 June 1944) was a merchant and member of the Danish resistance executed by the German occupying power.
On 23 June 1944 Lauritsen and seven other members of the resistance were executed in Ryvangen[1] [2]
The January 1945 issue of the resistance newspaper Frit Danmark (Free Denmark) reported on the execution of the eight resistance members including Lauritsen.[2]
On 26 June 1945 Lauritsen as well as Jørgen Rydder, who was executed with him and like him born in Års, were buried in their home town.
A memorial stone for Lauritsen and 90 other resistance members also exhumed in Ryvangen and buried in their respective home towns was laid down in Ryvangen Memorial Park.[1]