Norwegian resistance movement

During World War II, Norway was occupied by Nazi Germany. The Norwegian Resistance rebelled against the invasion and occupation by the Nazis. It lasted from 1940 to 1945. It supported the Norwegian government-in-exile that was formed outside of the country as the true government of Norway. They discouraged Norwegians from following the pro-Nazi Norwegian government formed by Vidkun Quisling.

Norwegian resistance
Part of The European theatre of World War II
Soviet soldiers meet Norwegians sheltering in a mine
Date 10 June 1940 - 8 May 1945 Location German occupied Norway Result Resistance and Allied victory
Belligerents
Nazi Germany Reichskommissariat Norwegen Quisling Regime (from 1942)	Resistance Groups Support: United Kingdom Soviet Union Poland United States Sweden

Refugees from Norway doing military training in Sweden.

The Norwegian Resistance helped the original members of the Norwegian government to escape from Norway. They were lucky that they escaped alive, because the Germans tried to kill them. They managed to get to the coast where a British warship picked them up.

The Norwegian Resistance also carried out armed resistance against the Nazi soldiers. This included sabotage (breaking or destroying things), assassinations, and exploding German ships with bombs. The Norwegian Resistance also did unarmed civil disobedience actions, like protests.

Norwegian Resistance Movement Media

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  The German surrender of Akershus Fortress to Terje Rollem on 11 May 1945.

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  The obverse of a 1940 Norwegian krone. Coins with the H7 monogram were worn by Norwegian nationalists as jewellery during the occupation, and subsequently confiscated by German authorities.