Harry Magnus Jensen (18 February 1940 – 21 December 1990) was a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party. He was born in

Gildeskål Municipality Gildeskål is a List of municipalities of Norway, municipality in Nordland Counties of Norway, county, Norway. It is part of the Bodø Region and the Districts of Norway, traditional district of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipali ...

as a son of fisher Wilhelm Jensen and housewife Valborg Wilhelmsen. He took basic education in

Bodø Bodø (; smj, Bådåddjo, sv, Bodö) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Bodø (which is also the capital of Nordland count ...

, and spent his career as a businessman. He was a deputy member of the municipal council of

Bodø Municipality Bodø (; smj, Bådåddjo, sv, Bodö) is a municipality in Nordland county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Salten. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Bodø (which is also the capital of Nordland count ...

from 1975 to 1979, member of

Nordland Nordland (; smj, Nordlánnda, sma, Nordlaante, sme, Nordlánda, en, Northland) is a county in Norway in the Northern Norway region, the least populous of all 11 counties, bordering Troms og Finnmark in the north, Trøndelag in the south, N ...

county council from 1979 to 1986 and member of the county council's executive committee from 1987 to 1991. He chaired the countywide party chapter from 1976 to 1981 and was a member of the Progress Party central committee from 1985 to 1990. He was elected to the

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from

in 1989, and was the deputy chair of the

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. He died in December 1990 and was replaced by Karl Sørmo.

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1940 births 1990 deaths Progress Party (Norway) politicians Members of the Storting Nordland politicians Politicians from Bodø 20th-century Norwegian politicians People from Gildeskål {{Norway-politician-1940s-stub