Jens Marcussen (20 May 1926 – 29 January 2007) was a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. Before the Progress Party was founded, Marcussen was a prominent member of the

Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ...

, being a member of the national party board in 1972–1975. In 1976 he became first vice chairman for his new party. He was born in

Dypvåg Dypvåg is a former municipality in the old Aust-Agder county, Norway. The municipality existed from 1838 until its dissolution in 1960 when it was merged into the present-day municipality of Tvedestrand which is in Agder county. The small mu ...

and elected to the

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from Rogaland in 1981, and was elected in 1989 from Aust-Agder. Marcussen was a member of

municipality council in the periods 1951–1955, 1955–1959 and 1959–1960. He then held various positions in its successor municipality

Tvedestrand is municipality in Agder county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Sørlandet. The administrative center is the town of Tvedestrand. There are many villages in the municipality including Dypvåg, Fiane, Gjeving, Gødders ...

, serving as deputy mayor in 1965–1966 and mayor in 1967–1971. He was also a member of Vest-Agder county council, in 1967–1971, 1975–1979 and 1979–1983.

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1926 births 2007 deaths Mayors of places in Aust-Agder Members of the Storting Conservative Party (Norway) politicians Progress Party (Norway) politicians Place of death missing 20th-century Norwegian politicians {{Norway-politician-1920s-stub