Peder Christensen is a former police commissioner and Social Democratic mayor of Spøttrup Municipality from 2002 until the municipal merger.
Christensen was born in Krejbjerg. Educated at the Copenhagen Police Academy, where he found his political interest. He lived in Herlev during his education, but wanted to return home to Salling and was employed by Skive Police, later Midt-og Vestjyllands Police in Holstebro as a police commissioner. He quit the police force in an attempt to fully commit to becoming mayor of Skive.
Christensen is married to Elsebeth Nagel and has 4 children.
Political life
Christensen was elected to the municipal council in Spøttrup in 1993. In 2002, he was elected mayor of the municipality and became the last mayor of Spøttrup before the municipal merger. As mayor, his primary task was to work for the best solution for the merger. During his time as mayor, Spøttrup Municipality was criticized by the Ministry of Social Affairs for announcing “unannounced” visits to the municipality’s nursing homes, and for having too short a period between being employed at the nursing homes and being responsible for supervision.
In Skive City Council, Christensen was the Social Democrats’ lead candidate for mayor until the 2021 election. Christensen has been the first deputy mayor of Skive Municipality and served as mayor for three months while Peder Christian Kirkegaard was on sick leave.
Alongside his seat on the city council, Christensen was a parliamentary candidate, but was never elected.
Sources
- Skive Folkeblad 5/1-2019, 21/11-2001, 15/1-2022, 7/1-2003