Jens Hundseid, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jens Hundseid

Norwegian politician

Date of Birth: 06-May-1883

Place of Birth: Vindafjord, Rogaland, Norway

Date of Death: 13-Dec-1963

Profession: politician

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Jens Falentinsen 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 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.
Pardoned in 1949 he lived a recluse in Oslo until his death in 1965.