Hans Jacob Arnold Jensen


Hans Jacob Arnold Jensen was a Norwegian military officer and politician.
Jensen was born at Frogn in Norderhov, Norway. His parents were Thomas Jensen and Giertrud Selmer. He entered military service at the age of 16 in 1793. He graduated from the Norwegian Military Academy in Christiania in 1794. He married Alethe Kreyberg, his third cousin, on February 17, 1836.
He died in Fredrikshald, Norway at the age of 76 and was buried at Ous Kirkegård in Halden.
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1818, representing the constituency of Fredriksstad. He served as a captain at that time. He only sat through one parliamentary term.