He co-founded the Danish Freedom Council, which coordinated sabotage plans in Denmark and intelligence with Allied forces during the war.

He worked as a shepherd and in agriculture until he was 18, during which he would sneak opportunities to study books about Friedrich Nietzsche and Søren Kierkegaard.

[2] including "acting as a courier for German political refugees fleeing to Denmark in the early years of the Third Reich.

"[3] He was a humanitarian who fought against fascism,[2] specifically the Danmarks Nationalsocialistiske Arbejderparti (National Socialist Workers' Party of Denmark).

[1][2] The Frøde Jakobsen prize, established in 1997, awards Danish people who have exhibited "outstanding moral courage in public affairs".

[3] In 1941, Jakobsen formed an organization of Danish intellectuals and scholars to exchange information that, in the summer of 1943, became a secret resistance organisation called Ringen (the Ring).

[1] After the war, and until elections were made, the Freedom Council ran the government and the Danish military, which Jakobsen negotiated with Denmark's commander-in-chief.

[3] The Guardian said that Jakobsen, represented his country in a variety of contexts, including the United Nations and the Council of Europe.

Frode Jakobsen's self-effacing manner and soft Jutland dialect always gave him the image of a mild-mannered, sensible peasant.