Thorkil Kristensen (9 October 1899 – 26 June 1989) was a Danish politician, finance minister, professor in national economy, and futurist.
[1] Kristensen was born a son of a farmer in Fløjstrup close to Vejle, Denmark.
Between 1938–1945 he was professor at the University of Aarhus and between 1947–1960 at the Copenhagen Business School.
Thorkil Kristensen was elected to the Danish Parliament 1945 and became finance minister under Knud Kristiansen (1945–1947) and Erik Eriksen (1950–1953).
He participated in the Club of Rome which attracted considerable public attention with its report, Limits to Growth, which has sold 30 million copies in more than 30 translations, making it the best selling environmental book in world history.