The Administrative Council () was a council established by the

Supreme Court In most legal jurisdictions, a supreme court, also known as a court of last resort, apex court, high (or final) court of appeal, and court of final appeal, is the highest court within the hierarchy of courts. Broadly speaking, the decisions of ...

to govern

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

. The council of seven people was established on 15 April 1940, replacing Quisling's First Cabinet, and was led by

Ingolf Elster Christensen Ingolf Elster Christensen (28 March 1872 – 3 May 1943) was a Norwegian jurist, military officer, county governor, and Member of Parliament from the Conservative Party. Biography Christensen was born at Sunnfjord in Sogn og Fjordane, N ...

. It was replaced on 25 September by another council by

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

, referred to in Norwegian as Josef Terboven's ''kommissariske statsråder''.

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* Cabinet of Norway 1940 establishments in Norway Norway in World War II 1940 disestablishments in Norway Cabinets established in 1940 Cabinets disestablished in 1940 {{norway-stub

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