Fredrik Jensen
| Fredrik Jensen | |
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| Birth date | 25 March 1921 |
| Place of birth | Kristiania, Norway |
| Death date | 31 July 2011 (aged 90) |
| Place of death | Ystad, Sweden |
| Allegiance |  Norway National Socialist Germany
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| Service/branch |  Waffen SS
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| Rank | SS-Obersturmführer |
| Unit | Germanic SS |
| Battles/wars | World War II |
| Awards | German Cross in Gold |
| Other work | Businessman |
Fredrik Jensen (25 March 1921 – 31 July 2011) was a Norwegian frontkjemper (frontfighter) and Waffen-SS officer during World War II. He was the most highly decorated Norwegian on the Axis' side during World War II, being awarded the German Cross in Gold on 7 December 1944.
Life
Jensen joined Nasjonal Samling in August 1940 and Germanske-SS Norge during the war.
In 1942, he attended the officers' school SS-Junkerschule in Bad Tölz in Bavaria. He served in several Waffen-SS regiments, such as the SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 4 Der Führer in 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich and SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 Germania in 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking. He served on the southern front of the end of the war, with the rank of SS-Obersturmführer and was arrested in a hospital in Vienna. He was kept in the American prison in Dachau. He was repatriated to Norway in 1947.
Jensen was sentenced to three months in jail under the treason settlement in Norway after World War II, and was also sentenced to a loss of citizen's rights for ten years. In 1948, he settled in Sweden as a businessman.
Promotions
- July 1941 SS-Schütze der Waffen-SS
- 1942 SS-Standartenjunker der Waffen-SS
- 10 March 1943 SS-Untersturmführer der Waffen-SS
- 30 January 1944 SS-Obersturmführer der Waffen-SS
Awards and decorations
- DRL/Reich Sports Badge (Deutsches Reichssportabzeichen) in Bronze
- Iron Cross (1939), 2nd and 1st Class
- 2nd Class on 20 April 1943
- 1st Class on 15 July 1943
- Infantry Assault Badge (Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen) in Silver
- Winter Battle in the East 1941–42 Medal
- Frontkjemper-Abzeichen
- Close Combat Clasp in in Bronze and Silver
- Wound Badge (1939) in Black, Silver and Gold
- German Cross in Gold on 7 December 1944 as SS-Obersturmführer and leader of the 7. Kompanie/SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 „Germania“/5. SS-Panzer-Division „Wiking“
