Nils Trædal (29 November 1879 – 12 October 1948) was a Norwegian cleric and politician for the agrarian party Bondepartiet (later renamed Centre Party) and leader of the party from 1938 to 1948. He was Minister of Education and Church Affairs 1931-1932 and 1932–1933, as well as acting Prime Minister and acting Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1932. Together with farmer and author Hans Seland and farmer union leader Hans Haga he was among the main agrarian party leaders to prevent the party from joining the fascist movement

Nasjonal Samling Nasjonal Samling (, NS; ) was a Norwegian far-right political party active from 1933 to 1945. It was the only legal party of Norway from 1942 to 1945. It was founded by former minister of defence Vidkun Quisling and a group of supporters such ...

, led by

Vidkun Quisling Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (, ; 18 July 1887 – 24 October 1945) was a Norwegian military officer, politician and Nazi collaborator who nominally list of heads of government of Norway, headed the government of Norway during t ...

. He died after a fall from the second story of his home.

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1879 births 1948 deaths Government ministers of Norway Members of the Storting Centre Party (Norway) politicians Norwegian people of World War II Place of birth missing Place of death missing 20th-century Norwegian politicians People from Sunndal Ministers of Education of Norway {{Norway-politician-1870s-stub