Peter Lauritzen

Peter Lauritzen (born 8 December 1959 in Århus) is a Danish civil servant.

Peter Lauritzen
4th High Commissioner of Greenland
In office 1 April 2002 – 30 March 2005
Monarch	Margrethe II
Preceded by	Gunnar Martens
Succeeded by	Søren Hald Møller

He was the fourth High Commissioner of Greenland, and held the post from 1 April 2002 to 30 March 2005.^[1]

From 1 January 2007, he became director of Roskilde Universitetscenter, taking over from Lars Kirdan. He has an MA in political science and MA in comparative studies, and was formerly ministerial secretary for Prime Minister Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, and research assistant and lecturer at Københavns Universitet.