The so-called Solar Cross, symbol of the Hird, the Norwegian Fascist party Nasjonal Samling's analogue of the German paramilitary stormtroopers. The sun cross, a Cross inside a Circle, is one of the oldest and most widespread of symbols The, abbreviated SA, ( German for "Assault detachment" or "Assault section" usually translated as " stormtroop(ers The symbol of the party itself was similar, but lacked the swords.

Nasjonal Samling (Norwegian for "National Gathering" or "National Unification," hereafter abbreviated as NS) was a fascist party in Norway active in the period 1933-45. Fascism is a totalitarian nationalist and corporatist ideology Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Founded by former minister of defence Vidkun Quisling and a group of sympathisers such as Johan Bernhard Hjort -- who was to lead the party's paramilitary wing (the Hird) for a short time before leaving the party in 1937 after internal conflict. Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (18 July 1887 – 24 October 1945 was a Norwegian army Officer and politician Johan Bernhard Hjort ( 25 February 1895 – 24 February 1969) was a Norwegian Supreme court Lawyer, and was the The hird, in Norwegian history, was originally an informal Retinue of personal armed companions hirdmen or Housecarls but came to mean not only the nucleus The party claimed to have been founded on the 17^th of May, Norway's national holiday, but was in fact founded several days earlier, on the 13^th. Events 1521 - Edward Stafford 3rd Duke of Buckingham, is executed for Treason. Events 1497 - Pope Alexander VI excommunicates Girolamo Savonarola.

While the party failed to muster considerable support in the national and local elections before the war, it made its mark on Norwegian politics nonetheless. Despite the fact that it never managed to get more than 2. 5% of the vote, it became a factor by polarizing the political scene. All of the established parties in Norway viewed it as a Norwegian version of the Nazis, and generally refused to cooperate with it in any way. The, officially National Socialist German Workers' Party, ( abbreviated NSDAP) was a Political party in Germany between 1919 and 1945 Several of its marches and rallies before the war were either banned, or, as in Germany, marred by violence as working-class activists (Communists and socialists) clashed with the Hird.

A significant trait of the party throughout its existence was a relatively high level of internal conflict. Antisemitism, Anti-Masonry, and differing views on religion, as well as the party's association with the Nazis and Germany were hotly debated, and led to the party becoming factionalized. Antisemitism (alternatively spelled anti-semitism or anti-Semitism; also rarely known as judeophobia) is the Prejudice against or hostility Anti-Masonry (alternatively called Anti-Freemasonry) is defined as "Avowed opposition to Freemasonry " Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. When World War II broke out, the party had been reduced to a political sect with hardly any real activity. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including

When Germany invaded Norway in 1940, Quisling stormed into the NRK studios in Oslo and broadcast the proclamation of himself as Prime Minister, ordering the temination of all armed resistance to the German forces. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including Operation Weserübung was the codename for Nazi Germany 's assault on Denmark and Norway during World War II and the opening operation The Norwegian Campaign, lasting from 9 April to 10 June 1940, led to the first direct land confrontation between the military forces of the Allies The Elverum Authorization ("Elverumsfullmakten" was approved unanimously by the Norwegian Parliament on April 9, 1940 in the town of Elverum Midtskogen farm is situated approximately five kilometers west of the town Elverum at the mouth of the Østerdalen valley in southern Norway. The Battle of Vinjesvingen took place in May 1940 in Telemark county Norway. Starting with the invasion of April 9, 1940, Norway was under Military occupation of German forces and civil rule of a German Norwegian Resistance Movement (Norske Motstandsbevegelsen is a militant offshoot of the Swedish Resistance Movement, with its base in Norway During the German occupation of Norway in World War II the civilian occupying authorities with the Quisling regime and the German Wehrmacht operated a number of camps See also Time line of the Holocaust in Norway See also Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany In the middle of the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany Telavåg (sometimes spelled Tælavåg is a small village in the municipality of Sund, located 39 km south west of Bergen Norway, with a population of During the Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, the occupying powers imposed Martial law in Trondheim and surrounding areas effective October 6 1942 through October Festung Norwegen (Fortress Norway was the German term for the heavy defense and fortification system of Norway during the occupation of Norway by The Norwegian heavy water sabotage was a series of actions taken by Norwegian saboteurs during World War II to prevent the German nuclear energy project from acquiring When the German occupation of Norway ended in May of 1945 several thousand Norwegians and foreign citizens were tried and convicted for various acts that the occupying powers sanctioned Haakon VII (Prince Carl of Denmark born Christian Frederik Carl Georg Valdemar Axel) (3 August 1872 in Charlottenlund 21 September 1957 in Oslo) Johan Nygaardsvold (6 September 1879 - 13 March 1952 was a Norwegian politician from the Labour Party. Carl Joachim Hambro (usually CJ Hambro) ( January 5 1885 15 December 1964) was a leading Politician from the Carl Gustav Fleischer KCB ( 28 December 1883 - 19 December 1942) was a Norwegian General and the first Otto Ruge ( January 9, 1882 - 1961 was a Norwegian General. He was Commander-in-chief of the Royal Norwegian Armed Forces Jens Christian Hauge ( 15 May 1915 - 30 October 2006) was a Norwegian World War II resistance figure and politician Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (18 July 1887 – 24 October 1945 was a Norwegian army Officer and politician Jonas Lie (1899–1945 was a Norwegian councillor of state in the Nasjonal Samling government of Vidkun Quisling in 1940 then acting councillor of Sverre Parelius Riisnæs (1897–1988 was a Norwegian appointed councillor of state in the Nasjonal Samling government of Vidkun Quisling 1940–1941 Josef Antonius Heinrich Terboven ( May 23, 1898 - May 8, 1945) was a Nazi leader best known as the Reichskommissar (commissioner Wilhelm Rediess ( October 10, 1900 – May 8, 1945) was the SS and Police Leader during the German occupation of Norway Nikolaus von Falkenhorst ( January 17, 1885 &ndash June 18, 1968) was a German General who planned ' Operation Milorg (an acronym of the title Military Organisation mil itær org anisasjon was the main Norwegian resistance organisation in World War II. XU was a clandestine intelligence organisation working on behalf of Allied powers in occupied Norway during World War II. Norwegian Independent Company 1 (NORIC1 pronounced as Norisen in Norwegian wasa SOE group formed in March of 1941 originally for the purpose of performing commando The Norwegian Shipping and Trade Mission (Nortraship was established in London in April 1940 to administer the Norwegian merchant fleet outside German controlled areas The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation ( Norwegian: Norsk rikskringkasting AS) which is usually known as the NRK, is the Norwegian (called Christiania from 1624 to 1878 and Kristiania from 1878 to 1924 is the Capital and largest city of Norway. This is a list of viceroys ( visekonge) governors ( rigsstatholder) first ministers ( førstestatsråd) and Prime ministers ( statsminister) of However, the legitimate Norwegian government in unoccupied territory refused to step down in his favour or serve under him. It confirmed that resistance was to be continued. With no popular support, the German occupants quickly thrust Quisling aside.

After a brief period with a civilian caretaker government (Administrasjonsrådet) appointed by the Supreme Court, the Germans took control through Reichskommissar Josef Terboven. Reichskommissar (rendered as Commissionary of the Empire or as Reich - or Imperial Commissioner) in German history, was an official gubernatorial Josef Antonius Heinrich Terboven ( May 23, 1898 - May 8, 1945) was a Nazi leader best known as the Reichskommissar (commissioner He appointed a government responsible to himself, with most ministers from the ranks of Nasjonal Samling. However, the party leader, Quisling, was controversial in Norway as well as among the occupiers, and was denied a formal position until February 1, 1942, when he became “minister president” in an NS government. Other important ministers were Jonas Lie (also head of the Norwegian wing of the SS from 1941) as minister of police, Dr. Jonas Lie (1899–1945 was a Norwegian councillor of state in the Nasjonal Samling government of Vidkun Quisling in 1940 then acting councillor of The ( German for "Protective Squadron" abbreviated SS - or ( Runic)- was a major Nazi organization under Adolf Hitler and the Gulbrand Lunde as minister of "popular enlightenment and propaganda", as well as the opera singer Albert Viljam Hagelin, who was Minister of Domestic Affairs. Propaganda is a concerted set of messages aimed at influencing the opinions or behaviors of large numbers of people Opera is an art form in which Singers and Musicians perform a Dramatic work (called an opera which combines a text (called a Libretto Albert Viljam Hagelin (1881&mdash May 25, 1946) was a Norwegian businessman and Opera singer who became the Minister of Domestic Affairs in The NS administration had a certain amount of autonomy in purely civilian matters, but was in reality controlled by the Reichskommissar as “head of state”, subordinate only to Adolf Hitler. Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately

Strong belief in Lutheranism, national romanticism, authoritarianism, and corporatism dominated NS ideology. Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther Romantic nationalism (also National Romanticism, organic nationalism, identity nationalism) is the form of Nationalism in which the state derives Authoritarianism describes a Form of government characterized by an emphasis on the Authority of the State in a republic or union Historically corporatism (corporativismo refers to a political or Economic system in which power is held by civic assemblies that represent Economic It also relied heavily on Nordic symbolism, utilizing Vikings, pre-Christian religion and runes in its propaganda and speeches. A Viking is one of the Norse ( Scandinavian Explorers Warriors Merchants, and pirates who raided and colonized wide areas St. Olav Haraldsson, who is often cited as having introduced Christianity to Norway, was especially important to the party. Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings It asserted that its symbol (shown at the head of this article), a golden cross sun cross on a red background, had been the symbol that Olav had painted on his shield. The sun cross, a Cross inside a Circle, is one of the oldest and most widespread of symbols

Though the party had close ties to German National Socialism during the occupation, it was more similar to the Italian National Fascist Party in terms of ideology. The National Fascist Party ( Partito Nazionale Fascista; PNF was an Italian party created by Benito Mussolini as the political expression of

The post-war authorities banned the party and prosecuted its members as collaborators. Nearly 50,000 were brought to trial, approximately half of whom received jail penalties. The authorities executed Quisling for treason, a few other high-profile NS members, and prominent German officials in Norway, for war crimes. The sentences' legality has been questioned, however, as Norway did not have peacetime capital punishment, and the Norwegian constitution at the time stipulated that capital punishment for war crimes had to be carried out during actual wartime. The Constitution of Norway was first adopted on May 16, 1814 by the Norwegian Constituent Assembly at Eidsvoll (a small town north of the

Another issue of post-war treatment has been the ongoing Hamsun debate in Norway. The internationally renowned author Knut Hamsun, though never a member, was a well- known sympathiser. Knut Hamsun, born Knud Pedersen ( August 4, 1859 - February 19, 1952) was a Norwegian author. After the war Hamsun was, however, deemed mentally unfit to stand trial, and many feel that the issue of his links to the party has never been properly resolved. Hamsun's status as a Nobel Prize laureate and probably the best-known Norwegian author next to Henrik Ibsen, also results in his ties to NS being a touchy subject, as many feel valuation of Hamsun's literature should not be marred by constant debate about whether or not he was a fascist. The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature "Ibsen" redirects here For other people named Ibsen see Ibsen (disambiguation.