{{Short description|Danish politician and jurist}} {{Infobox officeholder | name=Peter Georg Bang | image=Bang PG.jpg | caption=Peter Georg Bang | office=Prime Minister of Denmark | term_start =12 December 1854 | term_end =12 October 1855 | monarch =Frederick VII | predecessor =Anders Sandøe Ørsted | successor =Himself (as Council President) | office2=Council President | term_start2 = 12 October 1855 | term_end2 =18 October 1856 | monarch2 =Frederick VII | predecessor2 =Himself (as Prime Minister) | successor2 = Carl Christoffer Georg Andræ | birth_date ={{Birth date|1797|10|7|df=y}} | birth_place =Copenhagen, Denmark | death_date ={{Death date and age|1861|4|2|1797|10|7|df=y}} | death_place =Copenhagen, Denmark | party =Højre | alma_mater = University of Copenhagen }}
'''Peter Georg Bang''' (7 October 1797 – 2 April 1861) was a Danish politician and jurist. He served as the Prime Minister of Denmark 1854–1856. <ref>{{cite web|url= https://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/2/0660.html |title= Bang, Peter Georg, dansk Politiker og Jurist (1797-1861) |website= Salmonsens konversationsleksikon|access-date=October 1, 2019}}</ref>
==Biography== Bang was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. His parents were Jacob Hansen Bang (1770–1841) and Anna Cathrine Sophie Østrup (1779–1820). He became a student at Frederiksborg Latin School in 1813, took lic.jur. in 1816 and obtained Dr. Jur. in 1820. He was a professor of Roman law at the University of Copenhagen and from 1836 to 1845 he was director of Danmarks Nationalbank. In 1845 when he was appointed Deputy in National Treasury (''Rentekammeret'').
His daughter, Ville Bang (1848–1932), became a recognized painter and art teacher.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kvinfo.dk/side/597/bio/13/origin/170/|title=Bang, Marie Vilhelmine (Ville) (1848 - 1932)|author=Stensgaard Nielsen, Claudine |publisher=Kvinfo|accessdate=3 May 2020 |language=Danish}}</ref>
Bang became Commander of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1847 and was awarded the Grand Cross in 1854. He died in 1861 and is buried in Assistens Cemetery in Copenhagen.
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==Other sources== *Alastair H. Thomas (2016) ''Historical Dictionary of Denmark'' (Rowman & Littlefield) {{ISBN|9781442264656}}
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