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5 unusual facts about German occupation of Norway


Belønningen

It turns out the two knew each other before the German occupation of Norway, but fell out when Sverre began to collaborate with the Germans.

Fighting Norway

Ten minutes in length, the film examines the role of the free forces of occupied Norway during the Second World War.

Otto Lous Mohr

During the German occupation of Norway he was arrested by the Nazi authorities on 11 September 1941, together with Didrik Arup Seip and Anton Wilhelm Brøgger.

Quality Hotel Oppdal

From 1940 through 1945, the hotel was requisitioned by the German occupation forces.

Tyholt Tunnel

Construction began by the Wehrmacht during the German occupation of Norway from 1940 to 1945, but the project was never completed.


Helge Rognlien

After the German occupation of Norway in 1940, he was a member of the new governing body of the Norwegian Students' Society, which included students from all political groups, except the National Socialists.

Jens Christian Magnus

During the German occupation of Norway he took actively part in resistance activities of Milorg D13, the district of Oslo, Bærum and Asker.

Mottos of Norwegian institutions

The motto was first chosen by King Haakon VII and immortalised as the rallying motto of the Norwegian resistance against the German occupation of Norway.

Norkring

During the German occupation of Norway during World War II (1940–45), Nasjonal Samling (NS) and the German authorities took control over NRK.


see also

Jan Dahm

He was among the first group of people to be subject to court-martial during the German occupation of Norway, and later initiated and headed the Secret Intelligence Service group Theta, which operated in Bergen from December 1941 to June 1942.