Gard Holtskog (born 1905, died 1987) was a Norwegian lawyer, and civil servant for the Nazi regime during 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 ...

. He was installed as a board member at the

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and at

Nationaltheatret The National Theatre in Oslo ( no, Nationaltheatret) is one of Norway's largest and most prominent venues for performance of dramatic arts. History The theatre had its first performance on 1 September 1899 but can trace its origins to Christiani ...

. He was later given the position of Police President of

Finnmark Finnmark (; se, Finnmárku ; fkv, Finmarku; fi, Ruija ; russian: Финнмарк) was a county in the northern part of Norway, and it is scheduled to become a county again in 2024. On 1 January 2020, Finnmark was merged with the neighbouri ...

, and assisted during the evacuation. He had an unpredictable behaviour. While in Finnmark he personally took part in torture and executions. During the legal purge he was sentenced to life in prison with hard labor, but was released in November 1957.

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1905 births Year of death missing Norwegian jurists Norwegian civil servants Members of Nasjonal Samling Norwegian police chiefs Norwegian police officers convicted of murder Norwegian people convicted of war crimes Norwegian prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment People convicted of treason for Nazi Germany against Norway People convicted of murder by Norway Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Norway Norwegian emigrants to Denmark {{crime-bio-stub People convicted of torture