Bent Jansma

Bent Jansma (Nýja Reykjavík, 18th July 1986 - Nandels Port, 30th September 2021) was a pro-Noardlân devolution Crohaller politician who served as co-leader of Ús Noardlân and as a MNA.

Early Life
Bent Jansma was born on 18th July 1986 in Nýja Reykjavík as the son of Gertrudis Jansma and an unidentified sperm donor. He was raised with her as a single mother in a middle-high class home. His mother was a writer and prominent feminist in Doggerland and an activist for human rights and civil liberties.

He was homeschooled by his mother, being taught in both Doggish and Icelandic. He later enrolled at Tarucaimp University to pursue a career in journalism, but after his mother died in 2006, he had to work in a part-time job as a cashier at a supermarket chain called De Winkel to finance his studies, together with the inheritance money he received from his mother, which donated half of it. He ended up graduating in 2008, at the age of 22.

Work as Journalist
Just after graduating, Jansma started to work at It Deistich Noardlân, the predecessor of De Krante. He was in charge of the newspaper for the Icelandic-speaking population (Le Journal de Crohall), as well as a reporter on Crohall affairs. He ended up being in charge of the whole provincial branch.

As a journalist, Jansma supported the Noardlân devolution movement and even considered independence in case the government ignored the region. He also supported movements to extend the use of both Doggish and Icelandic.

Mayor of Nýja Reykjavík
On July 2018, he was elected in Bandalag fyrir Nýja Reykjavík's primary election as candidate for mayor of Nýja Reykjavík, CR. He won the elections, with his party winning 10/27 seats in the city council. He then formed a coalition with Reform, the Libertarians and Blokk to govern the city.

He focused mainly in the reduction of public spending, with him explicitly declaring that "We want a government that spends efficiently on services citizens really need." Some of his improvements were the modernization of the local bus service, opening new parks and reforming impoverished areas of the municipality by bringing basic infrastructure. He also reformed the campus of the Tarucaimp University, with him proposing the name University of Crohall for it.

On July 2021, he resigned to focus more on national politics, leaving Meijke Sünje as new mayor, under a BfNR-IDP-Blokk coalition.