Vidkun Quisling
1887 – 1945 Norwegian Nazi collaborationist leader of Norway
Norwegian collaborator whose name became a synonym for traitor.
- Religion
- Lutheran pastor's son who developed his own pseudo-religious-philosophical system he called 'Universism,' blending mysticism with nationalism.
- Affiliations
- Founder of the Nasjonal Samling party; collaborationist Minister-President under German occupation. His 'Universism' was an idiosyncratic personal creed, not an organized occult order.
Quisling founded Norway's small fascist party and, after the 1940 German invasion, served as puppet head of the collaborationist government. His name entered many languages as a word for traitor. He was tried for treason and executed in 1945.
Connections
- ally of Adolf Hitler — Ruled Norway as a German-backed puppet.
In the timeline
- 1940 Hitler orders occupation of Denmark and Norway mentioned