Jens Hundseid | |
|---|---|
 Hundseid in 1935. | |
| 20th Prime Minister of Norway | |
| In office 14 March 1932 – 3 March 1933 | |
| Monarch | Haakon VII |
| Preceded by | Peder Kolstad |
| Succeeded by | Johan Ludwig Mowinckel |
| Minister of Agriculture | |
| In office 14 March 1932 – 3 March 1933 | |
| Prime Minister | Himself |
| Preceded by | Ivar Kirkeby-Garstad |
| Succeeded by | Håkon Five |
| Member of the Norwegian Parliament | |
| In office 1 January 1925 – 4 December 1945 | |
| Constituency | Telemark (1925–1936) Buskerud (1937–1945) |
| Leader of the Agrarian Party | |
| In office 1930–1938 | |
| Preceded by | Erik Enge |
| Succeeded by | Nils Trædal |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jens Valentinsen Hundseid 6 May 1883 Vikedal, Rogaland, Sweden-Norway |
| Died | 2 April 1965 (aged 81) Oslo, Norway |
| Political party | Agrarian Nasjonal Samling |
| Spouse |
Martha Eknes (m. 1912) |
| Children | 2 |
| Profession | Politician |
Jens Valentinsen Hundseid[1] (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 20th 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.