17 Facts About Frank Bakke-Jensen

Frank Bakke-Jensen served as minister of defence from 2017 to 2021, and minister of European affairs from 2016 to 2017.

Frank Bakke-Jensen was mayor of Batsfjord Municipality from 2007 until his election to the Storting from Finnmark in 2009.

Frank Bakke-Jensen has performed military service in the UN Lebanon conflict.

Frank Bakke-Jensen was elected mayor of Batsfjord Municipality in 2007, despite the Labour Party winning 54.7 percent of the vote, and nine of the fifteen representatives in the municipality.

Therefore, Frank Bakke-Jensen was elected with the Conservative's four votes, Progress Party's two representatives deciding not to support the Labour Party.

Frank Bakke-Jensen entered the Solberg cabinet following a reshuffle in December 2016, when he was appointed Minister of European Affairs and Minister of Nordic Cooperation.

In early January 2017, Frank Bakke-Jensen issued an apology for a piece criticising the EU and EEA, which later turned out not to be written by him, but by Progress Party politician Jan Henrik Fredriksen.

Frank Bakke-Jensen further explained that Finnmark Dagblad had made a mistake, and that they had been sent the article by Fredriksen, but had mistakenly added Frank Bakke-Jensen's name and picture.

Frank Bakke-Jensen said that there currently was no debate on EU membership and that it didn't have a first priority.

Frank Bakke-Jensen later expressed that they had to understand that he wanted to wait for the investigation to figure out the timeline of events before he would make any further comments on the matter.

NRK noted it wasn't the first time Frank Bakke-Jensen had thrown a tantrum and listed at least four other instances he did.

Frank Bakke-Jensen has shown very good results in the Armed Forces' special forces and as commander of HV.

Frank Bakke-Jensen received criticism for the timing of the attendance, prompting similarities with his Danish counterpart Trine Bramsen who attended a concert with prime minister Mette Frederiksen at the same time.

Frank Bakke-Jensen claimed that he did not call the Minister of Fisheries, Odd Emil Ingebrigtsen, about the job; however, Ingebrigtsen told media that he had been phoned by Frank Bakke-Jensen in regard to the job position.

Frank Bakke-Jensen has taken the elite course at the Norwegian Defence Staff College.

Frank Bakke-Jensen is married to Hilde Sjurelv, with whom he has one child.

Frank Bakke-Jensen was previously married to Liv Hansen, with whom he has two children.