Odd Børresen (August 19, 1923 – January 22, 2010) was a Norwegian linguist, preacher, and missionary in the present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo, where he was involved with schools and education.
He experienced radical salvation in 1942 and participated in the Pentecostal meetings at the Filadelfia Church in Oslo, where he also worked as a preacher.
Their daughter Thordis Børresen is a missionary in Niger, but previously worked in Congo and Mali.
In 1964 the family had to evacuate the area when the teachers' school was occupied by rebels led by Pierre Mulele, backed by Che Guevara.
Because of the turbulence in Lemara during the rebellion, it was decided to move the teaching school to Bukavu, where Børresen again served as director from 1970 to 1971.
In 1977 he received a master's degree in Swahili at Uppsala University, which he earned in conjunction with teaching at Lambertseter High School.