Jens-Peter Bonde was born on 27 March 1948 in Åbenrå, Denmark. He studied political science at the Aarhus University and he began his political career in the 1970s. Between July 1979 and May 2008 he was member of the European Parliament. During this period he was member of the Bureau of the Group for the Technical Coordination and Defense of Independent Groups and Members, member of the Rainbow Group, member of the Federation of the Green-Alternative European Links, member of the Agelev-Ecolo, member of the Danish People's Movement against Membership of the European Community, member of the European Free Alliance in the European Parliament, he was Deputy-Chair of the Europe of Nations Group (Coordination Group), Deputy-Chair and Chair of the Group of Independents for a Europe of Nations, Co-Chair and Chair of the Group for a Europe of Democracies and Diversities, Co-Chair and Chair of the Independence/Democracy Group. He was Chair of the Delegation for relations with Iceland, Vice-Chair of the Delegation for relations with Norway, Vice-Chair of the Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and Vice-Chair of the Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee. He was also a member of the Committee on Budgets, member of the Committee on Transports and Tourism, member of the Committee on Energy, Research and Technology, member of the Delegation for relations with Iceland, member of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy, member of the Delegation to the EC-European Economic Area Joint Parliamentary Committee, member of the Subcommittee on Human Rights, member of the Committee on Institutional Affairs, member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Security and Defense Policy, member of the Delegation to the EU-Malta Joint Parliamentary Committee, member of the Conference of Presidents, member of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, member of the Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway, member of the Delegation for relations with Switzerland, Iceland and Norway and to the European Economic Area (EEA) Joint Parliamentary Committee.