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About Peter Hovmand
- Peter Hovmand (born 31 January 1974, in Copenhagen) is a Danish–Greenlandic writer and photographer.
- Son of Estrella and Mads Hovmand, grandson of film director Annelise Hovmand. After serving his first period as a soldier Peter Hovmand got his high school diploma in Gentofte.
- Later on he took an MA in Comparative Literature from the University of Copenhagen with a focus on Nordic, German and French literature. Over the years he served as a combat soldier in five different regiments: 4° Regiment Etranger, 2° Regiment Etranger de Parachutistes, Dronningens Livregiment (now closed), Sjællandske Livregiment (now closed) and Den Kongelige Livgarde. His debut in 1998 was his military memoirs 'Til det yderste' focused on his experiences as a recruit in the French Foreign Legion. Later on he wrote several other books, short stories, novels, as well as an essay on Knut Hamsun and Nietzsche.
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