Jens Hundseid

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 (1883-05-06)6 May 1883 Vikedal, Rogaland, Sweden-Norway
Died	2 April 1965(1965-04-02) (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.