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Jens Martin Arctander Jenssen (28 July 1885 – 3 October 1968) was a Norwegian politician for the
Communist Party A communist party is a political party that seeks to realize the socio-economic goals of communism. The term ''communist party'' was popularized by the title of ''The Manifesto of the Communist Party'' (1848) by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels. A ...
. Jenssen was born in
Evenes Evenes ( sme, Evenášši) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Ofoten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Bogen. Other villages in Evenes include Liland, Tårst ...
. He was elected to the
Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) 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 base ...
from the
Market towns of Østfold and Akershus counties The Market towns of Østfold and Akershus counties ( no, Kjøpstedene i Østfold og Akershus fylker) was an electoral district for parliamentary elections in Norway. It comprised the market towns ( no, kjøpsteder) of Fredrikstad, Halden (until 1928 ...
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
Fredrikstad Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a city and municipality in Viken county, Norway. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Fredrikstad. The city of Fredrikstad was founded in 15 ...
city council during the terms 1919–1922 and 1922–1925. Contrary to most Communist Party representatives in the Parliament, Jenssen had higher education. He worked with libraries and as a teacher.


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* 1885 births 1968 deaths Communist Party of Norway politicians Members of the Storting Norwegian communists 20th-century Norwegian politicians People from Evenes {{Norway-politician-1880s-stub