 jens falentinsen hundseidrulers.org (6 may 1883, vikedal &ndash; 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. ==early life, education and civil career== hundseid was born at the farm hundseid in vikedal which had belonged to his mother's family for generations.borgen (1978), p.247 he studies at a local agricultural school and later at the agricultural university of norway.may-brith ohman nielsen jens hundseid  norsk biografisk leksikon. store norske leksikon where he was together with jon sundby and hÃ¥kon five was among the top students.gabrielsen (1970), p. 56 after he finished his studies in 1905, he worked at lower secondary schools to 1908 when he became a research fellow at the agricultural university and he briefly studied agriculture in england and scotland in 1911. he worked as a teacher at sem agricultural school 1910-1912 and telemark agricultural school 1912-1913.jens f. hundseid  norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste. retrieved 13 april 2014 he was editor of eidsvold blad 1916
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