Anton Tobias Friedrich "Fritz" Bühring Jenssen (10 June 1886 – 15 April 1966) was a Norwegian banker and politician for

Nasjonal Samling Nasjonal Samling (, NS; ) was a Norwegian far-right political party active from 1933 to 1945. It was the only legal party of Norway from 1942 to 1945. It was founded by former minister of defence Vidkun Quisling and a group of supporters such ...

. He was born in Strinda as the eighth of ten children of wholesaler and politician

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(1850–1927). The older brothers Eivind and Erling entered the family company ''Jenssen & Co'', but after Fritz finished his secondary education in 1905 he learned the banking trade in Trondhjem and abroad. He was hired in

Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse, branded domestically as Kreditkassen or K-Bank and internationally as Christiania Bank was a Norwegian bank that existed between 1848 and 2000 when it merged with MeritaNordbanken and became Nordea. The bank h ...

in 1912, and after a period as a stock broker from 1915 to 1920 he became board secretary in Kreditkassen. In 1922 he was promoted to assistant manager which he remained until 1945. In 1933 Jenssen joined the Fascist party

. He chaired its financial committee. He was also a board member of

Leidangen Leidangen was an organisation for volunteer military education in Norway. The organisation was started in 1931, and had its background in various 1920s volunteer organisations such as the Society Guard. Leidangen differed from the former, in that ...

in Oslo. During the

occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until the ...

he was installed as mayor of Oslo from 1941 to 1945. During the

legal purge in Norway after World War II The purge in Norway after World War II was a purge that took place between May 1945 and August 1948 against anyone who was deemed to have collaborated with the German occupation of the country. Several thousand Norwegians and foreign citizens w ...

he was convicted of treason and sentenced to ten years of forced labour, but was ultimately released in 1949.

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1886 births 1966 deaths People from Trondheim Norwegian bankers Members of Nasjonal Samling Mayors of Oslo Mayors under the German occupation of Norway People convicted of treason for Nazi Germany against Norway {{Norway-politician-1880s-stub