Frank Jenssen

For the Norwegian journalist, photographer, novelist and musician, see Frank A. Jenssen.

Frank Josef Jenssen
County Governor of Trøndelag
Incumbent
Assumed office 1 January 2018
Monarch	Harald V
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg Jonas Gahr Støre
Deputy	Gerd Janne Kristoffersen
Preceded by	Position established
Member of the Norwegian Parliament
In office 1 October 2013 – 30 September 2017
Constituency	Sør-Trøndelag
Personal details
Born	(1969-08-11) 11 August 1969 (age 55) Levanger Municipality, Norway
Political party	Conservative Party

Frank Josef Jenssen (born 11 August 1969) is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway for Sør-Trøndelag in 2013 and in 2018, he became the first County Governor of the new Trøndelag county.

Career

Jenssen was a local politician in Trondheim for a long time and served as political adviser to mayor Marvin Wiseth.^[1] He was State Secretary for Erna Solberg in the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development from 2003 to 2005. He was the Conservative Party's candidate for mayor in Trondheim in the municipalities elections in 2003 and 2007, but the Labour Party with Rita Ottervik got the position of mayor both times.^[2]

He began working in a communication company in 2008 and subsequently became Director of Communication in the Norwegian Labour Inspection Authority.^[3]

In the 2013 Norwegian parliamentary election, he was nominated in second spot on the Sør-Trøndelag Conservative Party ballot^[4] and got elected as representative number 5 from Sør-Trøndelag. He was a member of the Standing Committee on Local Government and Public Administration.

In 2018, he became the first County Governor of the new Trøndelag county.

References

1. Press release (17 October 2003) Frank Jenssen Regjeringen.no. Retrieved 8 November 2013 (in Norwegian)
2. NTB (10 September 2007) Høyre-resignasjon - med et lite håp Dagbladet. Retrieved 8 November 2013 (in Norwegian)
3. Karina Lein (20 February 2013) Med Frank har Erna fått sitt drømmelag fra Trondheim Byavisa. Retrieved 8 November 2013 (in Norwegian)
4. Frank Jenssen på vei til Stortinget Adresseavisen. Retrieved 8 November 2013 (in Norwegian)

External links

• "Frank Jenssen" (in Norwegian). Storting.
• Frank Jenssen at Høyre.no.(in Norwegian)

Political offices
New office Merger of Nord-Trøndelag and Sør-Trøndelag counties	County Governor of Trøndelag 2018–present	Current holder