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Niels Helveg Petersen

Diplomat · PEP · Politician · Close Associate

Niels Helveg Petersen is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Niels Helveg Petersen · Нильс Хельвег Петерсен · נילס הלוויי פיטרסן · نيلس هيلڤيج پيتيرسين · نیلز هلوگ پترسن · 1 more...				[sources]
Alias	Niels Lolk Helveg Petersen · Нильс Хельвег Петерсен · Петерсен, Нильс Хельвег · ניילס חילווג פיטירסן				[sources]
Birth date	1939-01-17				[sources]
Place of birth	Odense				[sources]
Death date	2017-06-03				[sources]
Gender	male				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Denmark				[sources]
Citizenship	Denmark				[sources]
Classification	National government (unknown status)				[sources]
First name	Niels				[sources]
Last name	Petersen				[sources]
Political association	Danish Social Liberal Party				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q425708				[sources]
Wikipedia Article	enwiki.wikipedia.org				[sources]
Position	Folketing (member, 2005-2007) · Folketing (member, 2007-2011) · Minister for Economic Affairs (1988-1990) · Minister of Foreign Affairs of Denmark (1993-2000) · member of the Folketing · 2 more...				[sources]
Education	Candidate of Law (1965) · Stanford University · University of Copenhagen				[sources]
Last change	2026-03-16	Last processed	2026-03-20	First seen	2023-07-18

Descriptions

Danish politician (1939-2017)

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Hanne Elisabeth Aarup Close Associate	spouse	1965-07-10	-
Morten Helveg Petersen PEP

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
member of the Folketing	2005-02-08	2007-11-12

Relatives
Person	Relationship	Start date	End date
Kirsten Lee PEP	spouse	1984-06-16	2017-06-03

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MySociety's EveryPolitician Legislators40,558

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Global · MySociety · non-official source

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PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions499,324

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External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata327,351

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External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

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