Per Deichmann Bisgaard (born 31 July 1955, in Fjelsø), is a former teacher, mayor and member of the

Folketinget The Folketing ( da, Folketinget, ; ), 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 a ...

. He was born on a farm, Steensbækgaard, in Fjelsø, the son of a farmer, Frits Deichmann Bisgaard and his spouse Anna Bodil Bisgaard, he is married to a school secretary, Jonna Bisgaard. He graduated as a teacher in 1980 at the Ranum Seminar, and was a teacher at

Aalestrup Aalestrup is a town in Vesthimmerland Municipality with a population of 2,780 (1 January 2022) in Region Nordjylland in Denmark. Facilities Aalestrup School has 294 students, divided into 0.-6. Class stage, as well as the SFO Kvisten. After grade ...

Realskole until he became mayor in 1994. Since 1986, he has also run his own farm as well as a trucking business. From 1986 to 2006 he was a member of the municipal council in the municipality of

, where he was mayor from 1994-2001. From 1998-2006 he was also a member of

Viborg County Viborg Amt () is a former county (Danish: ''amt'') in the north-central part of the Jutland peninsula in western Denmark. The county was abolished on 1 January 2007, when most of it merged into Region Midtjylland (i.e. ''Region Central Jutland' ...

Council, where he served as Deputy Mayor and Chairman of the Venstre county council group. Since 2006 he has been a municipal councilor in the municipality of Vesthimmerland, where he was chairman of the Culture Committee until 2007. He is also a member of the Board of Representatives in the Danish Arts Council and vice-chairman of the Danish Library Association.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bisgaard, Per Mayors of places in Denmark People from Vesthimmerland Municipality 1955 births Living people Venstre (Denmark) politicians Members of the Folketing 2007–2011