Torsten Waldemar Gårdlund (23 February 1911 – 22 February 2003) was a Swedish economist, economic historian, essayist and biographical writer.
In economic history, he published several significant monographs, but also several works on individual Swedish industries.
He was also active as a developing country advisor and wrote three books on development issues.
Gårdlund was a professor at the Stockholm School of Economics from 1947 to 1963, and professor of international economics at Lund University from 1965 to 1976.