Peter Madsen | |
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Madsen in November 2010 | |
| Born | Peter Langkjær Madsen 12 January 1971 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Occupations | |
| Conviction(s) | Premeditated murder and sexual assault |
| Criminal charge | Murder, indecent handling of a corpse, sexual assault |
| Penalty | Life imprisonment |
Peter Langkjær Madsen (Danish: [ˈpeːˀdɐ ˈlɑŋkæɐ̯ ˈmæsn̩]; born 12 January 1971) is a Danish former entrepreneur and self-taught engineer. He co-founded the non-profit organization Copenhagen Suborbitals and was the founder and CEO of RML Spacelab ApS.
In April 2018, Madsen was convicted of the 2017 murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall on board his submarine UC3 Nautilus and sentenced to life imprisonment.