Peter Harder is a Danish linguist and professor of English language at the University of Copenhagen.
He is notable as a cofounder of the Danish Functional Linguistics stage of the Copenhagen School in linguistics.
He has worked extensively with functional linguistic theories and speech act theory.
[1] In Denmark, he is best known amongst the general public for his outspoken criticism against the Danish government's tight regulation of research, which he perceives as a threat to academic freedom.