What is Jan Simonsen?
[[File:Jan Simonsen cropped.jpg|thumb|Jan Simonsen]] '''Jan Simonsen''' (3 March 1953 &ndash; 12 August 2019) was a [[Norway|Norwegian]] journalist and politician. He was a member of [[Storting]] from 1989 to 2005. He was a member of the [[Progress Party of Norway|Progress Party]] until he was removed from the party in 2001. From 2003 to 2004 he was deputy leader of the [[Democrats in Norway|Democrats]] party. He was born in [[Stavanger]], Norway. Simonsen died on 12 August 2019 from [[cancer]] in [[Oslo]] at the age of 66.<ref>[https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/MRm4zm/jan-simonsen-er-doed-66 Jan Simonsen er død (66)] {{in lang|no}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Simonsen, Jan}} [[Category:1953 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Cancer deaths in Norway]] [[Category:Norwegian politicians]] [[Category:Norwegian journalists]]