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Jens Martin Arctander Jenssen (28 July 1885 – 3 October 1968) was a Norwegian politician for the Communist Party. Jenssen was born in
Evenes Municipality or is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Ofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bogen, ...
. He was elected to the
Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( ; ) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years based on party-list proportional represe ...
from the
Market towns of Østfold and Akershus counties The Market towns of Østfold and Akershus counties () was an electoral district for parliamentary elections in Norway. It comprised the market towns () of Fredrikstad, Halden (until 1928 named Fredrikshald), Moss and Sarpsborg in Østfold county an ...
in 1945, but was not re-elected in 1949 as the Communist Party dropped from 11 to 0 seats in Parliament. Markussen was a member of the executive committee of the city council of Fredrikstad Municipality during the terms 1919–1922 and 1922–1925. Jenssen graduated as ''cand.philol.'' from
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1911. He worked as a teacher, and 1931–55 as headmaster of
Sarpsborg Sarpsborg ( or ), historically Borg, is a List of cities in Norway, city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Østfold Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Sarpsborg. Sarpsbor ...
secondary school.


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* 1885 births 1968 deaths Communist Party of Norway politicians Norwegian communists People from Evenes Members of the Storting 1945–1949 {{Norway-politician-1880s-stub