title: Knud W. Jensen
text: # Knud W. Jensen
  
  Knud John Peter Wadum Jensen (7 December 1916 - 12 December 2000) was the founder of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark.
  
  ## Life
  
  Between 1936 and 1938, Knud W. Jensen studied language and commerce in Germany, Switzerland, France, Belgium, and the United Kingdom before he joined his father's company, Ost en gros, in 1939.
  
  