The Nasjonal Samling was a Norwegian fascist political party active from 1933 to 1945. It was the only legal party of Norway from 1942 to 1945. It was founded by former Minister of Defence Vidkun Quis
Vidkun Quisling on the podium during a party meeting in the 1930s.
On 4 July 1941, Vidkun Quisling gave a speech at Universitetsplassen in Oslo aimed to recruit volunteers for the Norwegian Legion to fight on the Eastern Front in Finland
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The Quisling regime or Quisling government was the collaborationist puppet government led by Vidkun Quisling in German-occupied Norway during the Second World War. The official name of the regime from
Nasjonal Samling
…controversial in Norway as well as among the occupiers, and was denied a formal position until 1 February 1942, when he became "minister president" of the "national government". Other important ministers were Jonas Lie (also head of the Norwegian wing of the SS from 1941) as minister of police, Gulbrand Lunde as minister of…
The establishment of Quisling's national government was proclaimed at Akershus Fortress. On the left side of the hall are Terboven (third from left) and several German officers, on the right Quisling (third from right) and several of his ministers
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Quisling's former office at the Royal Palace, in June 1945