Jens Tolv Beck

Jens Tolv Beck was a Norwegian farmer and politician for the Agrarian Party.
He was born in Horten as a son of bank treasurer Christian Barth Beck and Louise Steenberg. He finished middle school in 1906, then Fosnes Agricultural School in 1910 and was a tenant at several farms; from 1917 to 1919 in Sweden. In 1924 he bought the farm Søndre Ruus in Nittedal where he later settled. His specialty was poultry breeding.
He was elected as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway in 1936 from the constituency Akershus. He died in February 1939, before the end of the term.