[1] In April 2018, she was appointed Minister of Health and Research in the Naalakkersuisut (Government of Greenland).
[5] After matriculating from high school in 1998, Jakobsen attended Greenland's teacher training college until 2007.
She has been a member of the Danish Folketing for two terms: as a substitute for a short period in 2009 and as an elected MP from 2011 to 2014.
She has served on the Nordic Council of Ministers for Health and Social Affairs (2015–16) and for Culture (since 2016).
[3] In addition to her political assignments, Jensen has also been employed as a social environment worker, a shop assistant and an organizer of the youth programme Oqarit.