Fredrik Jensen

Fredrik Jensen was a Norwegian soldier who served as a volunteer in the German Waffen SS during World War II.

Jensen was born in Oslo, Norway where he was known as the most highly decorated Norwegian on the Axis' side in World War II. This granted him the German Cross in Gold on 7 December 1944. He was in several Waffen SS regiments, these were the SS-Panzergrenadier Regiment 4 Der Führer in 2nd SS Panzer Division Das Reich and SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment 9 Germania in the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking. At the end of the war, he served on the southern front and obtained the rank of Obersturmführer then was arrested in a hospital in Vienna, Austria. He was kept in an American prison located in Dachau.

Jensen 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 having served his prison sentence, he settled down in Sweden as a foreman and had great success in fabrication machinery. He later lived in Málaga in Spain. In June 2007, the Spanish press revealed possible contacts with the war criminal Aribert Heim. Jensen denied the accusation.