Torkil Lauesen (born 1952) is a Danish communist writer and former member of the Blekingegade Gang. In connection with his anti-imperialist work, he has traveled to Lebanon, Syria, Zimbabwe, South Africa, the Philippines, and Mexico. He is currently a member of the Internationalt Forum.[1]

After the Blekingegade Gang's robbery of Købmagergade Post Office on Thursday 3 November 1988, he was arrested on 13 April 1989 and sentenced on 2 May 1991. He served his prison sentence in Vridsløselille Prison until he was released on parole on 13 December 1995.

Jesper Langebæk hired him to work as a district councilor in Copenhagen Municipality in 2000, where he worked for several years.[2]

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  • Lauesen, Torkil (1998). Fra forbedringshus til parkeringshus: magt og modmagt i Vridsløselille Statsfængsel. København: Hans Reitzels Forlag A/S. ISBN 9788741227900
  • Lauesen, Torkil (1991). Nord-Syd konflikten i 90'erne. København: Fangegruppen, Ungdomshuset.
  • Lauesen, Torkil (1994). Det globale oprør: folkemagt og basisdemokrati mod markedskræfter og statsmagt. København: Autonomt Forlag. ISBN 9788798502722
  • Lauesen, Torkil. (2016). Det globale perspektiv. København: Nemo. ISBN 9788792880086
  • Lauesen, Torkil (2018), trans. Kuhn, Gabriel. The Global Perspective: Reflections on Imperialism and Resistance. Montreal: Kersplebedeb Publishing. ISBN 9781894946933
  • Lauesen, Torkil (2020), trans. Kuhn, Gabriel. The Principal Contradiction. Montreal: Kersplebedeb Publishing. ISBN 9781989701034
  • Lauesen, Torkil (2021). Riding the Wave: Sweden's Integration into the Imperialist World System. Montreal: Kersplebedeb Publishing. ISBN 9781989701126
  • Lauesen, Torkil (2024). The Long Transition Towards Socialism and the End of Capitalism. Iskra Books. ISBN 9798330404315