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Jacob Jensen

Danish industrial designer (1926-2015)
Person human Q476012

Facts

19 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[15]
Date of birth
April 29, 1926, 1926[8]
Date of death
May 15, 2015, 2015[9]
Place of birth
Copenhagen
Place of death
Denmark, Virksund, Denmark[6][7]
Country of citizenship
Kingdom of Denmark[11]
Occupation
designer
Field of work
industrial design[12]
Educated at
Danish Design School[13]
Award received
Prince Eugen Medal[14]
Child
Timothy Jacob Jensen[10]
Official website
jacobjensendesign.com[18]
Languages spoken, written or signed
Danish[19]
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights[26]
Family name
Jensen[16]
Given name
Jacob[17]
Has works in the collection
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Nationalmuseum, Design Museum Gent, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art[21][22][23][24][25]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
Wikipedia:WikiProject 1000 important articles about Denmark[20]
🏷️ Also known as
en Jacob Jensen en Jacob Jensen Normand en Jakob Jensen en Jakob Jensen (ca. 1614-1695) ar جاكوب جنسن fa یاکوب ینسن ja ヤコブ・イェンセン ko 야코브 옌센 ko 야코브 옌센 노르만 nl Jacob Jensen Normand nl Jakob Jensen zh 雅各布·延森
🔖 Identifiers · 34
ISNI
0000000078681919
VIAF cluster ID
42766859
Library of Congress authority ID
n98066806
GND ID
124272347
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Jacob Jensen (artist).tif ↗
Artsy artist ID
jacob-jensen
AskArt person ID
11263580
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
14561148b
Boijmans artist ID
9360
CANTIC ID
981058614987206706
DigitaltMuseum ID
021039688449
Encyclopaedia Beliana ID
jensen-jacob
Show all 34 identifiers +22
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
biography/Jacob-Jensen
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
jacob-jensen
FAST ID
420784
Freebase ID
/m/0280gs_
Gravsted.dk ID
jacobjensen
KulturNav-ID
e0e62e4a-643d-42cf-93b8-fbf536090608
Kunstindeks Danmark Artist ID
28033
Lex ID
Jacob_Jensen_-_designer
Libris-URI
gdsw48w0042srvh
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
2909
NE.se ID
jacob-jensen
National Library of Israel ID (old)
001437058
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007509744505171
Nationalmuseum Sweden ID
21449
Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
56906
Prabook ID
2374112
SELIBR ID
386010
SFMOMA artist ID
Jacob_Jensen
SNAC ARK ID
w6f5291h
Union List of Artist Names ID
500356956
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJpdPXvRRdV9fwrwmBXcfq
ČSFD person ID
333461

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🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 5
Museum of Modern Art, Nationalmuseum, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Design Museum Gent
Award received 1
Prince Eugen Medal
Child 1
Timothy Jacob Jensen
Children (paternal) 1
Timothy Jacob Jensen
Country of citizenship 1
Kingdom of Denmark
Educated at 1
Danish Design School
Family name 1
Jensen
Field of work 1
industrial design
Given name 1
Jacob
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
Danish
Occupation 1
designer
Place of birth 1
Copenhagen
Place of death 1
Denmark
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Jacob Jensen was born on April 29, 1926[1], in Copenhagen[2]. He died on May 15, 2015[3], in Denmark[4]. He worked as a designer[5].

FAQs

Where was Jacob Jensen born?

Jacob Jensen's place of birth was Copenhagen[2].

Where did Jacob Jensen die?

Jacob Jensen died in Denmark[4].

What did Jacob Jensen do for work?

Jacob Jensen worked as a designer[5].

Where did Jacob Jensen go to school?

Jacob Jensen was educated at Danish Design School[13].

What awards did Jacob Jensen receive?

Honors received include Prince Eugen Medal[14].

Related Entities

Danish Design School Denmark industrial design Kingdom of Denmark Museum of Modern Art Nationalmuseum San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Union List of Artist Names. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . San Francisco Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [11] ↑ . Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [5] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [8] ↑ . San Francisco Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [3] ↑ . BnF authorities. jyllands-posten.dk. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [9] ↑ . San Francisco Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [24] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [25] ↑ . San Francisco Museum of Modern Art online collection. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [26] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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  1. 25w ago · Magnus Manske · 2026-05-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    CANTIC ID → 981058614987206706
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  2. 26w ago · Pescan · 2026-05-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Educated at → Danish Design School
    Place of death → Denmark, Virksund, Denmark
    Copyright status as a creator → works protected by copyrights
    Family name → Jensen
    + 22 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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