Jens Johan Vangensten (6 September 1766 - 8 February 1837) was a Norwegian farmer and politician. He was born at

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Akershus Akershus () is a traditional region and current electoral district in Norway, with Oslo as its main city and traditional capital. It is named after the Akershus Fortress in Oslo. From the middle ages to 1919, Akershus was a fief and main county ...

, Norway. He operated a farm in

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and died in Christiania (now Oslo).Genealogy
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Akershus Amt Akershus () is a traditional region and current electoral district in Norway, with Oslo as its main city and traditional capital. It is named after the Akershus Fortress in Oslo. From the middle ages to 1919, Akershus was a fief and main county ...

. He served only one term.Jens Johan Vangensten
– Norwegian Social Science Data Services (NSD)

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1766 births 1837 deaths Members of the Storting Akershus politicians Norwegian farmers People from Fet, Norway {{Norway-politician-1760s-stub