Peter Seier Christensen

{{Short description|Danish politician (born 1967)}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = | office = Member of the Folketing | term_start = 5 June 2019 | term end = | constituency = Zealand | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1967|12|30|df=y}} | birth_place = Viborg, Denmark | image = | caption = Seier Christensen in 2022 | party = Independent (since 2024) | other_party = New Right (until 2024) }}

'''Peter Seier Christensen''' (born 30 December 1967) is a Danish politician, chemical engineer and inventor, who is a member of the Folketing for New Right political party. He was elected into the Folketing in the 2019 Danish general election.<ref>[https://www.ft.dk/medlemmer/mf/p/peter-seier-christensen Ft.dk] "Peter Seier Christensen" Retrieved 17 January 2021</ref>

==Education and career== Christensen studied chemical engineering at the Technical University of Denmark from 1986 to 1992, gaining masters and PhD.<ref name=ftBio>{{cite web |url=https://www.ft.dk/medlemmer/mf/p/peter-seier-christensen |title=Peter Seier Christensen (NB) |author= |date= |website=www.ft.dk |publisher= |access-date=15 September 2021 |quote=}}</ref> He was employed as an engineer by Haldor Topsøe from 1994 to 2019.<ref name=ftBio/> While there he was the author of patents on reforming hydrocarbons, preparation of synthesis gas, particularly by steam reforming, and the use of catalyst lined equipment.<ref name=Patents>{{cite web |url=https://patents.justia.com/inventor/peter-seier-christensen |title=Peter Seier Christensen Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications |author= |date= |website=patents.justia.com |publisher=Justia |access-date=15 September 2021 |quote=}}</ref>

==Political career== Christensen first ran for parliament in the 2019 election, where he received 1,850 votes. This was enough for one of New Right's levelling seats. Since 2020 Peter Seier has been the group leader of the party's parliamentary group.<ref>[https://www.dst.dk/valg/Valg1684447/kandstat/kandstat.htm Dst.dk] "Valgte kandidater og stedfortrædere, Folketingsvalg onsdag 5. juni 2019" Retrieved 17 January 2021</ref> At the 2022 general election he was re-elected a member of the Folketing with 2,806 votes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hvem er valgt? Se valgte kandidater og personlige stemmer {{!}} DR |url=https://www.dr.dk/nyheder/politik/folketingsvalg/valgte |access-date=2022-12-26 |website=www.dr.dk |language=da-dk}}</ref>

== External links == * [https://www.ft.dk/medlemmer/mf/p/peter-seier-christensen Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)]

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