Peter Hummelgaard

Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen (born 17 January 1983) is a Danish writer and politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party. He has been the Minister of Employment since 2019. He was elected into parliament in the 2015 Danish general election.

Peter Hummelgaard
Hummelgaard in 2024
Minister for Justice
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 December 2022
Prime Minister	Mette Frederiksen
Preceded by	Mattias Tesfaye
Minister for Employment
In office 27 June 2019 – 15 December 2022
Prime Minister	Mette Frederiksen
Preceded by	Troels Lund Poulsen
Succeeded by	Ane Halsboe-Jørgensen
Member of the Folketing
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 June 2015
Constituency	Copenhagen
Personal details
Born	(1983-01-17) 17 January 1983 (age 42) Tårnby, Denmark
Political party	Social Democrats

Background

Hummelgaard was born in Tårnby to Jan Thomsen and Susanne Pedersen.^[1]

Political career

Hummelgaard was elected member of Folketinget for the Social Democrats in the 2015 election and reelected in 2019. After the 2019 election, the Social Democrats formed a government and Hummelgaard was appointed Minister for Employment in the Frederiksen Cabinet. After Mogens Jensen stepped down as Minister of Food, Fisheries and Gender Equality the cabinet underwent a slight shuffle. In this shuffle, Hummelgaard was appointed Minister of Gender Equality in addition to Minister of Employment.^[2][3]

In 2018 his book Den Syge Kapitalisme (Sick Capitalism) was published. In it, he describes a new social contract between different groups in society to fight for a more just society.^[4]

Bibliography

• DeltagerDanmark (2013)
• Den syge kapitalisme (2018)