Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen (born 17 January 1983) is a Danish writer and politician, who is a member of the Folketing for the Social Democrats political party.

Hummelgaard was born in Tårnby to Jan Thomsen and Susanne Pedersen.

After the 2019 election, the Social Democrats formed a government and Hummelgaard was appointed Minister for Employment in the Frederiksen Cabinet.

After Mogens Jensen stepped down as Minister of Food, Fisheries and Gender Equality the cabinet underwent a slight shuffle.

[2][3] In 2018 his book Den Syge Kapitalisme (Sick Capitalism) was published.