Nasjonal Samling

Nasjonal Samling (Norwegian for "National Gathering" or "National Unification") was a fascist party in Norway before and during World War II, founded on May 17, 1933 by Vidkun Quisling and Johan Bernhard Hjort. The strongholds of the party were among people with a "national attitude" in the inner parts of the country, specifically in Telemark, and in the area around the capital Oslo. In the 1930s it cooperated closely with the Norwegian Centre Party (then known as the Peasant's Party) against expropriations of farms among other things. In addition the party played an important role in the development of both National romanticism and anticommunism in Norway, and the party was generally sympathetic to Germany and Italy. It was the fastest growing party before the war, though it never had larger support than 2.5 percent. By the end of the war it had 45,000 members. Famous members included former Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Hundseid and opera singer and Minister of Domestic Affairs Albert Viljam Hagelin. Novelist Knut Hamsun however, though sympathetic to the party's policies, was never a member.

Related Topics:
Fascist - Norway - World War II - May 17 - 1933 - Vidkun Quisling - Johan Bernhard Hjort - Telemark - Norwegian Centre Party - National romanticism - Anticommunism - Jens Hundseid - Albert Viljam Hagelin - Knut Hamsun

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