Jens Hundseid
Jens Valentinsen Hundseid (6 May 1883 – 2 April 1965) was a Norwegian politician from the Agrarian Party. He was a member of the Norwegian parliament from 1924 to 1940 and the 20th prime minister of Norway from 1932 to 1933.
Jens Hundseid | |
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Hundseid in 1935. | |
| 20th Prime Minister of Norway | |
| In office 14 March 1932 – 3 March 1933 | |
| Monarch | Haakon VII |
| Preceded by | Peder Kolstad |
| Succeeded by | Johan Ludwig Mowinckel |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 14 March 1932 – 3 March 1933 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Ivar Kirkeby-Garstad |
| Succeeded by | Håkon Five |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
| In office 1 January 1925 – 4 December 1945 | |
| Constituency | Telemark (1925–1936) Buskerud (1937–1945) |
| Leader of the Agrarian Party | |
| In office 1930–1938 | |
| Preceded by | Erik Enge |
| Succeeded by | Nils Trædal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jens Valentinsen Hundseid 6 May 1883 Vikedal, Rogaland, Sweden-Norway |
| Died | 2 April 1965 (aged 81) Oslo, Norway |
| Political party | Agrarian Nasjonal Samling |
| Spouse |
Martha Eknes (m. 1912) |
| Children | 2 |
| Profession | Politician |
Hundseid felt forced to join Nasjonal Samling who supported the Nazis in 1940, a choice he later called "cowardly". In the legal purge in Norway following World War II he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Pardoned in 1949 he lived a recluse in Oslo until his death in 1965.
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