Peter Mygind is a Danish

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

 actor. Internationally, he is perhaps best known for his parts in the World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 movie Flame & Citron

Flame & Citron

Flame & Citron is a 2008 Danish drama/action co-written and directed by Ole Christian Madsen. The film, a fictionalized account based on fact, is about two Danish resistance movement fighters during the Nazi occupation of Denmark.- Plot :...

and the TV series Unit One

Rejseholdet

Rejseholdet is a Danish television crime series starring Charlotte Fich, Mads Mikkelsen and Lars Brygmann. Produced by Danmarks Radio , the program aired 32 episodes spanning four seasons from 2000 to 2004...

and The Kingdom I and II

The Kingdom (TV miniseries)

The Kingdom is an eight-episode Danish television mini-series, created by Lars von Trier in 1994, and co-directed by Lars von Trier and Morten Arnfred. It has been edited together into a five-hour movie for distribution in the United Kingdom and United States...

, the latter directed by Lars von Trier

Lars von Trier

Lars von Trier is a Danish film director and screenwriter. He is closely associated with the Dogme 95 collective, although his own films have taken a variety of different approaches, and have frequently received strongly divided critical opinion....

. He also played a central supporting character in the police drama series Anna Pihl

Anna Pihl

Anna Pihl is a Danish police drama produced by TV2. The series stars Charlotte Munck as the title character Anna Pihl, Peter Mygind, and Iben Hjejle as Mikala...

as the patrol partner of the title character.

Personal life

Mygind is the son of actress Jytte Abildstrøm

Jytte Abildstrøm

Jytte Abildstrøm is a Danish film actress. She has appeared in 40 films since 1956.She was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. She is the mother of Peter Mygind.-Filmography:* Der var engang en dreng * Freak Show 2003...

 and Søren Mygind, and has a brother, Lars Mygind. He participated in the 2005 season of the Danish version of Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars

Dancing with the Stars is the name of several international television series based on the format of the British TV series Strictly Come Dancing, which is distributed by BBC Worldwide – the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the format has been licensed to over 35 countries...

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