Peter Lauritzen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Peter Lauritzen

Danish High Commissioner in Greenland

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1959

Place of Birth: Aarhus, Central Denmark Region, Denmark

Profession: politician

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Peter Lauritzen (born 8 December 1959 in Århus) is a Danish civil servant.
He was the fourth High Commissioner of Greenland, and held the post from 1 April 2002 to 30 March 2005.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.