Henrik Eyser Overgaard Nielsen

Henrik Eyser Overgaard-Nielsen (born 2 August 1959) is a British-Danish dentist and politician who served as a Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the North West of England between 2019 and the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020.

Early life Henrik Eyser Overgaard-Nielsen was born in Denmark. His father was a leading campaigner against Denmark joining the European Economic Community, which it did in 1973. He was active in the June Movement and one of the leaders of the successful no-campaign at the Danish referendum on the Maastricht Treaty in 1992. He qualified as a dentist in Copenhagen in 1983.

Dental career Overgaard-Nielsen is GDP who started NHS Dentist, an NHS dental practice in Fulham, London in 1999. The practice was started with Sharon Bierer, his British-born wife.

In 2013, following a 2012 holiday in the country, Overgaard-Nielsen and Bierer founded a charity, Burmadent, to provide dental services in the Inle Lake area of Myanmar (Burma).

In 2015, Overgaard-Nielsen was elected as the chair of the General Dental Practice Committee (GDPC) of the British Dental Association (BDA), having previously been the vice chair.

Political career Overgaard-Nielsen has been an active opponent of the EU since the late 1970s, first in the People's Movement against the EU and later in the June Movement. In 1992, Overgaard-Nielsen was co-chairman of the "No" campaign in the Danish referendum on the Maastricht Treaty.

In April 2019, Overgaard-Nielsen was announced as a Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) candidate for the North West of England.

Personal life Overgaard-Nielsen is married to Sharon Bierer, who is British. Their daughter, Laura Bierer-Nielsen, is director of policy and research at Labour Leave, a pro-Brexit campaigning group largely funded by Conservative Party donors.

In October 2020, Overgaard-Nielsen became a British citizen.