Nils Riddervold Jensen was a Norwegian

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 educator and politician for the Conservative Party.

He was born in Kristiania

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

 as a son of dean

Dean (religion)

A dean, in a church context, is a cleric holding certain positions of authority within a religious hierarchy. The title is used mainly in the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church.-Anglican Communion:...

 Peter Andreas Jensen (1812–1867) and Mette Marie Riddervold (1827–1895). He was a maternal grandson of politician Hans Riddervold

Hans Riddervold

Hans Riddervold was a Norwegian priest and politician.-Personal life:He was born at Teien in Åsgårdstrand as a son of shipmaster Adolf Kvernheim Riddervold and Bredine Bolette Nielsen . He was the father of Julius Riddervold, who in turn was a grandfather of Hans Julius Riddervold...

. He was a brother of Anne Marie Riddervold Jensen, who married Finn Lützow-Holm

Finn Lützow-Holm

Finn Trond Lützow-Holm was a Norwegian military officer, aviation pioneer and polar explorer.He was born in Nesseby as a son of priest and politician Ole Arntzen Lützow-Holm and Anne Marie Riddervold Jensen . His mother was a daughter of Peter Andreas Jensen and granddaughter of Hans Riddervold...

. He was also a first cousin of attorney Hans Riddervold, who in turn was the father of Hans Julius Riddervold

Hans Julius Riddervold

Hans Julius Riddervold was a Norwegian media executive.He was born in Kristiania as a son of attorney Hans Riddervold and Sophie Magdalena Haneborg. He was a paternal great-grandson of politician Hans Riddervold, and his father was a first cousin of Nils Riddervold Jensen...

.

He took his examen artium

Examen artium

Examen artium was the name of the academic certification conferred in Denmark and Norway, qualifying the student for admission to university studies. Examen artium was originally introduced as the entrance exam of the University of Copenhagen in 1630...

 in 1881 and the cand.theol.

Cand.theol.

Candidatus theologiæ , Candidata theologiæ , abbreviated cand. theol. is an academic degree with a long tradition, awarded after a six year higher education in theology in Denmark and Norway. In Norway, the title has remained after the "Quality Reform", though it is equivalent to a Master of...

 degree in 1887. He spent his entire career, from 1887 to 1924, as a teacher in Tønsberg

Tønsberg

is a city and municipality in Vestfold county, southern Norway, located around north-east of Sandefjord. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Tønsberg....

; from 1912 to 1919 as headmaster. He was also the auditor for the local savings bank from 1896 to 1928.

He was a member of Tønsberg city council from 1898 to 1931, serving as deputy mayor from 1901 to 1904. He was elected to the Parliament of Norway from Tønsberg in 1903

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1903

-Results:...

. After not being re-elected after three years, he did return and was elected to a second and third term in 1909

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1909

-Results: Liberal Left Party is part of coalition with Conservative Party-References:***...

 and 1915

Norwegian parliamentary election, 1915

-Results: Liberal Left Party is part of coalition with Conservative Party-References:**...

 respectively. From June 1920 to June 1921 he was the Norwegian Minister of Education and Church Affairs in Bahr Halvorsen's First Cabinet.