Langefors was born in Ystad, Sweden, in 1915, and received his training from the Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm.
He started his career in Nordic Armature Factories (NAF) industries, and in 1949 he got recruited for the SAAB aircraft company.
[5] Among his former students and later colleagues in Stockholm were Janis Bubenko, Göran Goldkuhl,[6] John Impagliazzo, Kristo Ivanov & Arne Sølvberg.
In commemoration of his contribution in the field of IS, a book was published with the title The Infological Equation: Essays in Honor of Börje Langefors.
An annual award titled Börje Langeforspriset has been announced by the Swedish Information Systems Academy since 2011 for the best doctoral dissertation in Sweden.