Berit Nøkleby (25 September 1939 – 26 July 2018) was a Norwegian historian. She was born in

Drammen Drammen () is a city and municipality in Viken (county), Viken, Norway. The port and river city of Drammen is centrally located in the south-eastern and most populated part of Norway. Drammen municipality also includes smaller towns and village ...

, and is a cand.philol. by education. She has contributed to several books on the

German occupation of Norway The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until the ...

. She wrote book II and IV of the series ''Norge i krig I–VIII. Fremmedåk og frihetskamp 1940–1945'' (II: ''Nyordning'', 1985, and IV: ''Holdningskamp'', 1986). She wrote the book ''

Josef Terboven Josef Terboven (23 May 1898 – 8 May 1945) was a Nazi Party official and politician who was the long-serving ''Gauleiter'' of Gau Essen and the ''Reichskommissar'' for Norway during the German occupation. Early life Terboven was born in Essen ...

. Hitlers mann i Norge'' (1992), and she was co-editor of the encyclopaedia ''

Norsk Krigsleksikon 1940–1945 ''Norsk krigsleksikon 1940–1945'' is a Norwegian encyclopaedia covering the Second World War. It was issued in 1995 by the publishing house J.W. Cappelen. The editorial staff consisted of five editors: Hans Fredrik Dahl, Guri Hjeltnes, Berit N ...

'' (1995). She died at the age of 78.Death announcement, ''Aftenposten'' 2 August 2018 p. 33

Selected works

*''Nyordning'' (1985) *''Holdningskamp'' (1986) *''Pass godt på Tirpitz! : norske radioagenter i Secret Intelligence Service 1940-1945'' (1988) *''Da krigen kom'' (1989) *''Josef Terboven: Hitlers mann i Norge'' (1992) *''Skutt blir den-- : tysk bruk av dødsstraff i Norge 1940-1945'' (1996) *''Barn under krigen'' (2000) *''Gestapo: tysk politi i Norge 1940–45'' (2003) *''Krigsforbrytelser: brudd på krigens lov i Norge 1940–45'' (2004) *''Politigeneral og hirdsjef Karl A. Marthinsen'' (2010)

References

1939 births 2018 deaths Norwegian women historians Historians of World War II Norwegian biographers People from Drammen 20th-century Norwegian historians 21st-century Norwegian historians {{Norway-historian-stub