Jørgen Martinius Jensen (1 January 1878 – 31 March 1970) was a Norwegian military officer and sports official. He was born in

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and competed at the

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in Stockholm, where he placed 26th in individual jumping. He headed the Norges Landsforbund for Idrett from 1930 to 1932 and the Norwegian Equestrian Federation from 1936 to 1940. By profession he was a military officer, with the rank of colonel. He headed ''Opland dragonregiment'', a dragoon regiment, from 1934 to 1943, and was as such involved in battles of the Norwegian Campaign, among others at Åsmarka and Tretten. After the war, from 1946 to 1956, he worked in the

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department of

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1878 births 1970 deaths Norwegian Army personnel of World War II 20th-century Norwegian historians Norwegian sports executives and administrators Writers from Oslo Equestrians at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic equestrians for Norway Norwegian male equestrians {{Norway-equestrian-bio-stub