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Jens Hundseid

1883 - 1963

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Jens Valentinsen Hundseid (6 May 1883 – 2 April 1965) was a Norwegian politician from the Agrarian Party. He was a member of the Norwegian parliament from 1924 to 1940 and the prime minister of Norway from 1932 to 1933. Hundseid felt forced to join Nasjonal Samling who supported the Nazis in 1940, a choice he later called "cowardly". In the legal purge in Norway following World War II he was sentenced to 10 years in prison. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jens Hundseid is the 12,449th most popular politician (up from 14,113th in 2019), the 235th most popular biography from Norway (up from 294th in 2019) and the 65th most popular Norwegian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jens Hundseid ranks 12,449 out of 19,576. Before him are Valeriy Pustovoitenko, Georg, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen, Francisco Pinto Balsemão, Demetrius II of Georgia, Anatoliy Kinakh, and Isa Gambar. After him are Gagik I of Armenia, Zainab al Ghazali, Dumnorix, Begum Hazrat Mahal, Mostafa El-Nahas, and Morta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1883, Jens Hundseid ranks 163. Before him are Maximilian Steinberg, Fritz Platten, Demyan Bedny, Paul Götz, Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, and Maurice Feltin. After him are Arnold Bax, Max Horton, Oszkár Gerde, Pavel Filonov, Sylvanus Morley, and Pedro Parages. Among people deceased in 1963, Jens Hundseid ranks 116. Before him are James Kirkwood Sr., Patsy Cline, Benjamin Jones, Erik Lundqvist, József Nagy, and Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke. After him are Lisa Tetzner, Barnum Brown, Woldemar Hägglund, Benny Moré, Margaret Murray, and Vsevolod Ivanov.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Jens Hundseid ranks 235 out of 1,039. Before him are Georg Ossian Sars (1837), Kristen Nygaard (1926), Nina Grieg (1845), Nora Brockstedt (1923), Harald Grønningen (1934), and Alf Andersen (1906). After him are Marit Bjørgen (1980), Eva Joly (1943), Jacob Aall (1773), Colin Archer (1832), Thorvald Asvaldsson (950), and Magne Furuholmen (1962).

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Among POLITICIANS In Norway

Among politicians born in Norway, Jens Hundseid ranks 65. Before him are Einar Thambarskelfir (980), Sigurd Slembe (1100), Jacob Tullin Thams (1898), Oddbjørn Hagen (1908), Johan Ludwig Mowinckel (1870), and Ellen Gleditsch (1879). After him are Eva Joly (1943), Jacob Aall (1773), Haakon the Young (1232), Per Borten (1913), Johan Ferner (1927), and Gunnar Knudsen (1848).

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