Morten Helveg Petersen (born 14 September 1966) is a Danish politician who has been serving as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) since 2014.

[2] After finishing his studies, Petersen worked for the European Commission 1992–1993 and for the Confederation of Danish Industries1993–1998.

[3] He then entered politics and served as a member of the Folketing from Hvidovre and later Brøndby electoral district 1999 where he obtained positions as the Social Liberal Party's spokesperson on finance, defence and IT.

In 2007, he lost a fight to become deputy leader of the party's parliamentarian group to Morten Østergaard.

[2] In September 2013, the Danish Social Liberal Party nominated him as their top candidate in the 2014 European Parliament election.