Jørgen Arboe-Rasmussen (5 March 1925 – 5 or 6 February 1945) was a member of the Danish resistance killed by the German occupying power.

On 5 February 1945 Arboe-Rasmussen was gunned down in Café Brønnum near Kongens Nytorv.^{[citation needed]} He was brought to the German medical clinic at Nyelandsvej where he died of his wounds the same day.^[1]

On 29 August 1945 Arboe-Rasmussen and 105 other victims of the occupation were given a state funeral in the memorial park founded at the execution and burial site in Ryvangen where his remains had been recovered. Bishop Hans Fuglsang-Damgaard led the service with participation from the royal family, the government and representatives of the resistance movement.^[2]

A memorial plaque at August Bournonvilles Passage 1 commemorates his sacrifice for Denmark.^[1]

Every year on 5 February the Danish Union of Journalists awards the memorial grant Jørgen Arboe Rasmussens Mindelegat to a journalist trainee at a provincial newspaper.^[3]

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