Peter Madsen is a Danish former engineer, artist, entrepreneur and a convicted murderer. He is infamous for the sexual assault and murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall aboard his submarine UC3 Nautilus.
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Peter Madsen was born as Peter Langkjør Madsen on 12 January 1971 (age 50 years; as in 2021) in Denmark. Their zodiac sign is Capricorn. Peter completed his primary and secondary education in Hong, Denmark. He developed an interest in rocket fuel and rockets due to his chemistry and physics teacher Johannes Fischer while he was in school. The first rocket they developed was one meter long and its design was based on the American ICBM MX Peacekeeper. They launched the rocket on 3 March 1986. In 1987, he was selected to a higher secondary school in Kalundborg and went there to study. Peter never completed any type of formal education, but he took courses in welding and engineering to learn about submarines. Madsen had an enthusiastic approach to his projects, but this often led to conflicts with others.
Launch of the first rocket developed by Peter Madsen
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 9″
Hair Colour: Blonde
Eye colour: blue
Family and ethnicity
parents and siblings
Peter Madsen was born to Annie (mother) and Carl Madsen (father). His mother Anne was married twice before marrying Carl and had three sons from a previous marriage. Peter had three half-brothers and his father Carl was abusive towards all three except Peter. Peter was six years old when Annie decided to leave Carl and move away with their three children. Peter moved to a youth home in 1987 to attend Danish upper secondary school. Karl Madsen died when Peter was eighteen.
Family portrait of Annie and Carl Madsen with Peter Madsen
Relationships, wife and children
Peter Madsen married in November 2011 at Copenhagen City Hall, Denmark. His wife worked in the film industry, and he decided to keep his identity hidden. Peter was in an ‘open relationship’, and had affairs outside his marriage. During his court trial, he admitted that he often had sexual relations with other women aboard the submarine he built himself. Peter was also a regular visitor to various erotic parties. When more information proving his guilt came to light during the trial, his wife decided to leave him. In December 2019, Jenny Karpen, a former Russian reporter and painter living in self-imposed exile in Finland, married notorious murderer Peter Madsen. Peter confirmed his marriage with the artist through a Facebook post.
Jenny Karpen, second wife of Peter Madsen
projects
Submarines (UC1 Freya)
Peter was interested in rockets and submarines from a very young age and after completing his schooling, Peter attended several courses in welding and engineering to learn more about submarines and rockets. Madsen did not have a proper job, so all his projects were financially supported by people, organizations and enterprises who saw potential in them. Peter began building submarines, and the first private Danish submarine built was Freya or UC1 Freya, built by Peter Madsen and Claus Nørgaard in 2001–2002. The submarine made 500 dives and was retired from service.
uc2 kraka
The second project work by Peter and Klaus was Kraka or UC2 Kraka, a diesel-electric midget submarine. The project was completed in 2005, and the submarine had a length of 12.6 meters and a displacement of six tons. The submarine was powered by a 16hp diesel engine and 8hp electric motor. The submarine is on display at the Technical Museum of Denmark in Elsinore, Denmark.
UC3 Nautilus
The UC3 Nautilus was a midget submarine built in 2008 by Peter Madsen with the help of several other volunteers. The submarine’s construction cost was approximately $200,000, and it could accommodate four to eight people, depending on whether it was diving or surface operating. , In August 2017, the submarine was seized by authorities as Peter Madsen was convicted of the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall. He was last seen alive on the ship with Madsen. The submarine was destroyed by authorities in December 2018.
UC3 Nautilus floating in water after launch
Copenhagen suborbitals
In May 2008, Madsen and Danish architect, Kristian von Bengtsen founded Copenhagen Suborbitals, an amateur crowd-funded, non-open source human space program. Since 2008, they have flown five rockets and two mock-up space capsules. In 2014, Peter Madsen left the programme.
Rocket Madsen Space Lab
On July 16, 2014, Peter Madsen founded a new laboratory in Copenhagen called Rocket Madsen Space Lab. In this laboratory, Madsen worked on creating rockets based on polyurethane and H2O2 hybrid engines. Since 2016, Peter has been developing a nanosatellite launch vehicle using venture investment.
Peter Madsen (center) with his team of volunteers at Rocket Madsen Space Lab
Disappearance and murder of Kim Wall
Kim Wall was a Swedish freelance journalist who boarded the midget submarine UC3 Nautilus to interview Peter Madsen, the engineer and owner of the submarine. On 10 August 2017, Kim Wall was preparing for a farewell party with her partner Ole Stobbe. The couple were planning to visit Beijing on 16 August 2017; However, Kim received a message saying that Peter had invited her aboard his submarine for an interview. Kim joined them on their submarine at 7 pm, but the submarine never returned to port. Stobbe filed a missing person’s report with the police that night and the next morning, people on the dock informed the police and Stobbe that the submarine Nautilus was last seen near the Drogden lighthouse before sinking. Peter Madsen was arrested by police on suspicion of the murder of Swedish journalist Kim Wall.
Swedish reporter, Kim Wall, with Peter Madsen aboard the UC3 Nautilus submarine
On 21 August 2017, a torso washed up on the beach and was spotted by a cyclist nearby. An autopsy was performed, and there were fifteen stab wounds in the groin area on the torso. Later, police conducted a search operation near the beach where they found two plastic bags containing Wall’s head, legs, clothes and a knife.
Police and coroner are taking Kim Wall’s torso to the hospital
Arrest and trial
Peter Madsen was arrested on 11 August 2017 and detained where he was interrogated about the whereabouts of Kim Wall. Peter made a statement saying that he had thrown Wall to the ground. Later, he changed his statement and said that Kim Wall died from a blunt force trauma as the submarine’s hatch cover fell on his head. When his head was found, the post-mortem report revealed that there were no marks of blunt injury to the head. Madsen then changed his statement and admitted to dismembering Kim Wall’s body. However, they still denied killing her and said that she may have died due to toxic fumes entering the submarine, but there were no traces of exhaust fumes in Kim’s lungs.
Peter Madsen going inside a police car after his arrest
On January 16, 2018, Peter Madsen was charged with murder, sexual assault and indecent treatment of a corpse after prosecutors accused him of torturing reporter Kim Wall before killing her. The trial began in March 2018 and on 25 April 2018, he was convicted of all charges against him and sentenced to life imprisonment.
in digital media
In January 2020, ‘Into the Deep’, a Danish documentary based on the life of Peter Madsen, was premiered at the Sundance Festival. The documentary was directed by Australian-born Emma Sullivan. The documentary was initially scheduled to be distributed on Netflix, but the participants claimed that they had not given consent for their names and images to appear in the film, so the documentary was put on hold by Netflix. The streaming platform announced that they had withdrawn from the deal.
Facts/General Knowledge
- Peter Madsen was a good friend of former adult film actress Dorthe Damsgaard. Dorthe told a local newspaper that Peter had invited her to his submarine several times, but she declined the invitations because she has claustrophobia. During his interview with the newspaper he said-
There were two sides to him: he could be a well-spoken and charismatic man who could talk for hours about his submarines. And then… the very dark side. He told me no secrets about sexual fantasies and he was funny, manipulative, serious and scary as a person.
- In April 2018 Peter Madsen was sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to Storström Prison. While serving a prison sentence, Peter met a prison guard, a mother of two, and they began talking frequently. Later, it was discovered that the prison guard had developed feelings for Peter, and fantasized about being with Madsen.
- On 15 August 2018, Peter Madsen was attacked by an 18-year-old inmate in Storström prison. Following the attack, Peter’s lawyer requested the court to transfer Madsen to Harstadvester Prison, Denmark, to protect him from any further attacks.
- During the verdict, Peter Madsen was sentenced to life imprisonment and was also asked to pay compensation of DKK (Danish Krone) 328,246.14 to Kim Wall’s parents and DKK (Danish Krone) 150,000 to Kim Wall’s Danish partner. He was also asked to bear the expenses of the case.
- Peter Madsen’s father was an abusive alcoholic, and he would often get drunk and beat his stepsons. Of the four, Peter was his favorite and he always escaped being beaten.
- Peter had many close friends who initially supported him during the court hearing but as more evidence related to the murder came to light that showed Peter was guilty, his friends abandoned him. His wife also attended the court hearings, but after hearing Peter’s confession during the trial, she decided to leave him and move away from the city.
- According to a volunteer who worked with Peter Madsen at Copenhagen Suborbitals, Peter was by nature a short-tempered person when it came to working on a project. He said Peter ‘behaved like a kid who lost his toy or dropped his ice cream or something,’ and he would sometimes throw hammers and other tools.
- On 27 June 2014, Peter Madsen was invited as a speaker at the European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs event.
Peter Madsen speaking at a public event
- Following his arrest in August 2017, police searched Madsen’s computers for any evidence or connections to the murders. In their search history, they found videos of people being murdered and the top three categories they searched for porn were ‘throat,’ ‘girl,’ and ‘pain.’
- In October 2020, Peter Madsen tried to escape from Harstadvester Prison, Copenhagen. Peter escapes from prison after threatening a prison employee with a homemade explosive device. He walked 500 meters from the jail before being caught again by the police. The bomb disposal squad reached the spot and after hours of testing, they established that the explosive device was a fake. On 9 February 2021, he was sentenced to 21 months in prison for attempting to escape from prison.
Peter Madsen arrested by police after unsuccessful attempt to escape from prison
- On December 19, 2020, Jenny Karpen posted a photo of an illustration she and Peter Madsen made together. He had made this picture as a one year wedding anniversary gift.
Self-portrait with Peter Madsen by Jenny Karpen
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