Rolf Jørgen Fuglesang (31 January 1909,

Fredrikstad Fredrikstad (; previously ''Frederiksstad''; literally "Fredrik's Town") is a List of cities in Norway, city and Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Viken (county), Viken Counties of Norway, county, Norway. The administrative centre of the ...

– 25 November 1988) was a

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secretary to the

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 ...

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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 ...

1940–1941 and minister 1941–1942 and 1942–1945. He was also President of the 1943–1945. Fuglesang, educated in

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, was from the very beginning, one of Quisling's most loyal followers and played an important role under the establishment of NS and the building of the Nazi administration during the German occupation. In the early stages of the occupation, he was regarded by the Germans as one of their

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s, among others, due to his focus on Nazi race ideas. Towards the end of the war, however, he was a figurehead of the opposition to the Germans inside NS. During the

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, he was sentenced to lifelong imprisonment, but released in 1956. His daughter was married to art historian

Per Jonas Nordhagen Per Jonas Nordhagen (born 30 October 1929) is a Norwegian art historian. He was born in Bergen as a son of professor Rolf Nordhagen (1894–1979) and Elisabeth Marie Myhre (1900–1979). He was a grandson of Johan Nordhagen and nephew of Olaf N ...

, a son of Rolf Nordhagen, for some time.

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1909 births 1988 deaths People from Fredrikstad Members of Nasjonal Samling Government ministers of Norway People convicted of treason for Nazi Germany against Norway Prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment by Norway Norwegian prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment Fascist politicians {{Norway-politician-1900s-stub

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