Jens Christian Magnus (13 July 1920 – 9 January 2017) was a Norwegian military officer and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born in

Kristiania Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022, an ...

and finished his secondary education at Ris in 1939. During the

German occupation of Norway 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 th ...

he took actively part in resistance activities of

Milorg Milorg (abbreviation of militær organisasjon – military organization) was the main Norwegian resistance movement during World War II. Resistance work included intelligence gathering, sabotage, supply-missions, raids, espionage, transport of ...

D13, the district that included

Oslo Municipality Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022, and ...

Bærum Municipality Bærum () is a municipality in the Greater Oslo Region in Akershus County, Norway. It forms an affluent suburb of Oslo on the west coast of the city. Bærum is Norway's fifth largest municipality with a population of 128,760 (2021). The administr ...

and

Asker Municipality Asker Municipality is a municipality in Akershus county, Norway, that was established in 2020 by the merger of Asker in Akershus and Røyken and Hurum in Buskerud county. Asker proper (also called ''Askerbygda'') constitutes the northern fourth of ...

. He graduated with the

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degree in 1946. He later pursued a military career, and was promoted to Lieutenant in 1947, Captain in 1948, Major in 1951, Colonel in 1968 and Brigadier in 1975. As a politician he was elected to the

municipal council A municipal council is the legislative body of a municipality or local government area. Depending on the location and classification of the municipality it may be known as a city council, town council, town board, community council, borough cou ...

for

Bodin Municipality Bodin is a former municipality in Nordland county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1968. The area is now part of Bodø Municipality in the traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre was locat ...

from 1964 to 1968, and in Bærum from 1973 to 1978. He resided in

Høvik Høvik is a suburban area in the municipality of Bærum, Akershus, Norway, within the Oslo metropolitan area. Primarily a residential area, its population was 4,311 in 2005. Høvik is typically divided into two parts: Nedre (lower) and Øvre (up ...

. He died on 9 January 2017 at the age of 96.

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1920 births 2017 deaths Military personnel from Oslo Norwegian resistance members Norwegian Army personnel Royal Norwegian Air Force personnel Bærum politicians Conservative Party (Norway) politicians {{norway-mil-bio-stub