Vidkun Quisling
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Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (Julie 18, 1887, Fyresdal – October 24, 1945) wis a Norse airmy officer an politician, who served as Preses o occupied Norrowey. He wirkt wi Fridtjof Nansen durin the famine in the Soviet Union, an served as Minister of Defence in the Bondepartiet government 1931–1933. In 1933 he foondit the naitionalist pairty Nasjonal Samling ("National Gathering"), and during World War II, from 1942 to 1945, he served as Minister-Preses o the collaborationist Norrowegian government, efter being appointit bi the German authorities. Efter the war he wis tried for hie treason an executit bi firin squad at Akershus Fortress. Today in Norrowey an ither pairts o the warld, "quisling" is a synonym for "traitor."
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- 1887 births
- 1945 daiths
- Fowk frae Fyresdal
- Centre Pairty (Norrowey) politeecians
- Members o Nasjonal Samling
- Government ministers o Norrowey
- Executit Norrowegian Nazi collaborators
- Warld War II political leaders
- Executit politeecians
- People executit bi firin squad
- Defectors
- Revoked Commanders o the Order o the Breetish Empire
- Daiths bi fireairm in Norrowey
