Steffen Bernhardt Jensen

Bernhardt Jensen
Bernhardt Jensen in 1958
Born(1910-04-13)13 April 1910
Aarhus, Denmark
Died11 June 1978(1978-06-11) (aged 68)
Aarhus, Denmark
NationalityDanish
OccupationPolitician

Steffen Bernhardt Jensen (13 April 1910 – 11 June 1978) was a Danish journalist, author, politician and Mayor of Aarhus from 1958 to 1971 for the Social Democratic Party. He was politically active from an early age and later worked as a journalist for several local left-leaning newspapers. During his tenure as mayor, he became known for his opposition to car traffic and he stopped several infrastructure projects that would have required large-scale demolitions of the historic inner city.