Gulbrand Oscar Johan Lunde (14 September 1901,

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

– 26 October 1942, Våge,

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) was a

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councillor of state in the NS

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in 1940, acting councillor of state 1940-1941 and minister 1941–1942. Lunde and wife Marie died when his car fell off the ferry dock at Våge, between

Ålesund Ålesund () sometimes spelled Aalesund in English, is a municipality in Møre og Romsdal County, Norway. It is part of the traditional district of Sunnmøre and the centre of the Ålesund Region. The town of Ålesund is the administrative ...

and

Åndalsnes is a town in Rauma Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway. Åndalsnes is in the administrative center of Rauma Municipality. It is located along the Isfjorden, at the mouth of the river Rauma, at the north end of the Romsdalen valley. ...

. The incident was investigated because sabotage was suspected, but the conclusion was that it was merely an accident. The 2012 biography by Arntsen and Harestad does however conclude that accident was staged by the German occupiers who wanted to remove a bothersome minister. Professor Gunnar Skirbekk quotes German intelligence reports indicating that Lunde was unpopular with the occupiers because of his focus on the more narrow " norse" tradition as opposed to the wider " germanic" concept.Skirbekk, Gunnar. ''Morgenbladet'', 2 November 2012, s.25.

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* 1901 births 1942 deaths Politicians from Bergen Members of Nasjonal Samling Norwegian anti-communists {{Norway-politician-1900s-stub