Børge Johannes Lauritsen

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.

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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.