Quisling
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Quisling is a term used in Scandinavian languages, English and southern Slavic languages to mean a citizen or politician of an occupied country who collaborates with an enemy occupying force; it may a
Left to right: Vidkun Quisling seated next to Heinrich Himmler, Josef Terboven and Nikolaus von Falkenhorst in front of officers of the Waffen-SS, German Army and Air Force in 1941
Quisling regime
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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
Quisling
…for traitor or collaborator. The word originates from the surname of the Norwegian war-time leader Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945), who headed a domestic Nazi collaborationist regime during the Nazi occupation of Norway from 1940 to 1945, during the Second World War. Use of Vidkun Quisling's surname as a term predates World War II…
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