Peter Seier Christensen (born 30 December 1967) is a Danish politician,

chemical engineer A chemical engineer is a professional equipped with the knowledge of chemistry and other basic sciences who works principally in the chemical industry to convert basic raw materials into a variety of Product (chemistry), products and deals with ...

and inventor, who is a member of the

Folketing The Folketing ( , ), also known as the Parliament of Denmark or the Danish Parliament in English, is the unicameral national legislature (parliament) of the Kingdom of Denmark — Denmark proper together with the Faroe Islands and Greenland. E ...

for New Right political party. He was elected into the

in the

2019 Danish general election General elections were held in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark on 5 June 2019 to elect all 179 members of the Folketing; 175 in Geography of Denmark, Denmark proper, two in the Faroe Islands and two in Greenland. The elections took place te ...

Education and career

Christensen studied

chemical engineering Chemical engineering is an engineering field which deals with the study of the operation and design of chemical plants as well as methods of improving production. Chemical engineers develop economical commercial processes to convert raw materials ...

at the

Technical University of Denmark The Technical University of Denmark (), often simply referred to as DTU, is a polytechnic university and school of engineering. It was founded in 1829 at the initiative of Hans Christian Ørsted as Denmark's first polytechnic, and it is today ran ...

from 1986 to 1992, gaining masters and PhD. He was employed as an engineer by Haldor Topsøe from 1994 to 2019. While there he was the author of patents on reforming hydrocarbons, preparation of

synthesis gas Syngas, or synthesis gas, is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide in various ratios. The gas often contains some carbon dioxide and methane. It is principally used for producing ammonia or methanol. Syngas is combustible and can be used as ...

, particularly by

steam reforming Steam reforming or steam methane reforming (SMR) is a method for producing syngas (hydrogen and carbon monoxide) by reaction of hydrocarbons with water. Commonly, natural gas is the feedstock. The main purpose of this technology is often hydrogen ...

, and the use of

catalyst Catalysis () is the increase in rate of a chemical reaction due to an added substance known as a catalyst (). Catalysts are not consumed by the reaction and remain unchanged after it. If the reaction is rapid and the catalyst recycles quick ...

lined equipment.

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

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. Since 2020 Peter Seier has been the group leader of the party's parliamentary group. At the 2022 general election he was re-elected a member of the Folketing with 2,806 votes.

External links

Biography on the website of the Danish Parliament (Folketinget)

References

Living people 1967 births People from Viborg Municipality The New Right (Denmark) politicians Members of the Folketing 2019–2022 21st-century Danish inventors Danish chemical engineers Members of the Folketing 2022–2026 {{Denmark-politician-stub