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Johnny Jebsen
Johnny Jebsen
Born	Johann-Nielsen Jebsen; 1917; Hamburg, Germany
Died	1945 (aged 27–28); Location unknown, presumed to have died in Berlin, Germany
	Espionage activity
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service branch	Security Service (MI5)
Service years	1943–1945
Codename	Artist

Johann-Nielsen Jebsen, nicknamed "Johnny", was an anti-Nazi German intelligence officer and British double agent (code name ARTIST) during World War II. Jebsen recruited Dušan Popov (who became the British agent Tricycle) to the Abwehr and through him later joined the Allied cause. Kidnapped from Lisbon by the Germans shortly before the Normandy landings, Jebsen was tortured in prison and spent time in a concentration camp before disappearing; he was presumed killed at the end of the war.

In a 2012 reassessment of the Allies' use of double agents in World War II, historian Ben Macintyre called Jebsen a hero.^[1]

Jebsen features extensively in Popov's book Spy-Counterspy.

^ Tonkin, Boyd (6 April 2010). "Review of Double Cross: the True Story of D-Day Spies, by Ben Macintyre". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2019.

[1] Tonkin, Boyd (6 April 2010). "Review of Double Cross: the True Story of D-Day Spies, by Ben Macintyre". The Independent. Archived from the original on 14 June 2022. Retrieved 31 May 2019.

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Johnny Jebsen

Born	Johann-Nielsen Jebsen 1917 Hamburg, Germany
Died	1945 (aged 27–28) Location unknown, presumed to have died in Berlin, Germany
Espionage activity
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service branch	Security Service (MI5)
Service years	1943–1945
Codename	Artist