Fredrik Jensen

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Fredrik Jensen (born March 25, 1921) was a Norwegian soldier in the German Waffen SS during World War II. He was born in Oslo, Norway.

He is the highest decorated Norwegian on the Axis' side during the war with the German Cross in Gold on 7 December 1944[1].

Jensen served in the many Waffen-SS regiments, such as the SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 4 «Der Führer» in 2. SS-Panzer-Division «Das Reich» and SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 «Germania» in 5. SS-Panzer-Division «Wiking». He served on the southern front for the end of the war, with the rank of Obersturmführer and was arrested in hospital in Vienna. He was kept in the American prison in Dachau.

He was sentenced to three months in jail under the Legal purge in Norway after World War II, and was also sentenced to a loss of citizen's rights for ten years. After served his prison sentence, he settled down in Sweden as a foreman and had great success in fabrication machinery.

Jensen currently lives in Malaga in Spain. In June 2007, the Spanish press revealed possible contacts with the war criminal Aribert Heim. The accusation was denied by Jensen.[2]

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  1. ^ Patzwall
  2. ^ Aftenposten Newspaper: Accused of hiding "Doctor Death"
  • Patzwall, Klaus D. and Scherzer, Veit. Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 - 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II. Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall, 2001. ISBN 3-931533-45-X.