Vidkun Abraham Quisling

 
Norge, 1887-1945

Leder af det norske nazistparti. Statsminister under besættelsen.

Quisling, Vidkun (1887-1945): Grundlægger og siden 1933 leder af det norske Fascist National Union Party (Nasjonal Samling). Partiet havde tætte forbindelser med det tyske nationalsocialistiske Parti. Han havde et møde med Hitler i december 1939, hvor han mere eller mindre opfordrede tyskerne om at invadere Norge, for at stoppe den britiske indflydelse. Hitler fik det indtryk at de norske fascister var en styrke man skulle regne med, and stated that Quisling should be head of the Norwegian government after the German invasion. In the negotiations between the Norwegian government and the German minister Bräuer during the 9th and 10th April, a German requirement was that Quisling should be prime minister of the Norwegian government. After the fall of Oslo he held a radio broadcast, stating that he now was the head of the Norwegian government, and that the mobilization was stopped. While not taken seriously by most Norwegians, the speech nevertheless added significantly to the general confusion. On the 1st of February 1942 he became minister president of Norway. After the war he was condemned for high treason and executed.