Hans Jacob Arnold Jensen (12 September 1777 – 3 October 1853) was a Norwegian military officer and politician. Jensen was born at Frogn in

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. His parents were Thomas Jensen and Giertrud Selmer. He entered military service at the age of 16 in 1793. He graduated from the

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('' Den frie mathematiske Skole'') in Christiania (now Oslo) in 1794. He married Alethe Kreyberg, his third cousin, on February 17, 1836. He died in

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at the age of 76 and was buried at Ous Kirkegård (now known as Os Gravlund) in Halden. Os gravlund
(Os gravlund (Halden) He was elected to the

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in 1818, representing the constituency of Fredriksstad. He served as a captain at that time. He only sat through one parliamentary term.Hans Jacob Arnold Jensen
– Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)

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1777 births 1853 deaths Norwegian Army personnel Norwegian military personnel of the Napoleonic Wars Members of the Storting Østfold politicians People from Fredrikstad People from Ringerike (municipality) {{Norway-politician-1770s-stub