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Quisling, Vidkun (Abraham Lauritz Jonsson)
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[kwizling]
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| Diplomat and fascist leader, born in Fyresdal, S Norway. He was an army major, a League of Nations official, had the care of British interests in Russia (1927–9), and was defence minister in Norway (1931–3). In 1933 he founded the Nasjonal Samling (National Party) in imitation of the German National Socialist Party, and became puppet prime minister in occupied Norway. He gave himself up in May 1945, was tried and executed. His name has since been used for anyone who aids an enemy. |
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