Vidkun Quisling

Vidkun Quisling

Vidkun Quisling (18 July 1887 – 24 October 1945) was a Norwegian politician. He was involved in the German invasion of Norway during World War II. On 9 April 1940, with the invasion in progress, he seized power of the country. In 1942 with the help of the Nazis he became Prime Minister.

His government helped the Nazi German government to find Jews, who were then killed. In 1945, when Germany lost the war, Vidkun was put on trial for high treason. He was found guilty, and then executed by firing squad. Today, the name "quisling" is still used as a way of calling someone a traitor.

Vidkun Quisling Media

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  Vidkun Quisling (far left) with his family, c. 1915

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  Quisling and his second wife, Maria

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  The Armenia commission of the League of Nations. 19 June 1925. From left, sitting, are C.E. Dupuis, Fridtjof Nansen, and G. Carle; standing are Pio Le Savio, and Vidkun Quisling.

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  Quisling (seated, right) as defence minister in the Kolstad government in 1931

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  Vidkun Quisling together with some NS supporters

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  Quisling on the podium during a party meeting in the 1930s

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  Quisling speaks during a trip to Setesdal, Norway, probably in 1936

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  Vidkun Quisling (1887–1945) was a Norwegian military officer and politician. He first came to international prominence when organizing humanitarian relief during the Russian famine of 1921 in Ukraine. He served as Minister of Defence in two governments 1931–1933, representing the Farmers' Party. On 9 April 1940, with the German invasion of Norway in progress, he attem

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  Vidkun Quisling and Rolf Jørgen Fuglesang

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  German occupation forces in Norway during World War II, along with assembled German order police soldiers and Quisling, before a German propaganda event at the Colosseum cinema in Oslo, Norway on May 1, 1941.