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

chemical engineer In the field of engineering, a chemical engineer is a professional, equipped with the knowledge of chemical engineering, who works principally in the chemical industry to convert basic raw materials into a variety of products and deals with the ...

and inventor, who is a member of the

Folketing 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 ...

for The New Right political party. He was elected into the

in the

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

Education and Career

Christensen studied

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

at the

Technical University of Denmark The Technical University of Denmark ( da, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet), 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 fi ...

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 principly 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 hydrogen product ...

, and the use of

catalyst Catalysis () is the process of increasing the rate of a chemical reaction by adding a substance known as a catalyst (). Catalysts are not consumed in the reaction and remain unchanged after it. If the reaction is rapid and the catalyst recyc ...

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 The New Right's levelling seats. Since 2020 Peter Seier has been the group leader of the party's parliamentary group. At the

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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 Danish inventors Danish chemical engineers Members of the Folketing 2022–2026 {{Denmark-politician-stub