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Vidkun Quisling

1887 - 1945

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Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (; Norwegian: [ˈʋɪ̂dkʉn ˈkʋɪ̂slɪŋ] ; 18 July 1887 – 24 October 1945) was a Norwegian military officer, politician and Nazi collaborator who headed the government of Norway during the country's occupation by Nazi Germany during World War II. He first came to international prominence as a close collaborator of the explorer Fridtjof Nansen, and through organising humanitarian relief during the Russian famine of 1921 in Povolzhye. He was posted as a Norwegian diplomat to the Soviet Union and for some time also managed British diplomatic affairs there. He returned to Norway in 1929 and served as minister of defence in the agrarian governments of Peder Kolstad (1931–32) and Jens Hundseid (1932–33). In 1933, Quisling founded the fascist Nasjonal Samling (National Gathering). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vidkun Quisling is the 893rd most popular politician (up from 1,249th in 2019), the 23rd most popular biography from Norway (up from 24th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Norwegian Politician.

Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian politician who was a Nazi collaborator. He was the Prime Minister of Norway from 1942 to 1945.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Vidkun Quisling ranks 893 out of 19,576. Before him are Ngo Dinh Diem, Charles IV of Spain, Yulia Tymoshenko, Karl Liebknecht, Gallienus, and Horace Walpole. After him are John A. Macdonald, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, Robert II of France, Imad ad-Din Zengi, Lothair II, Holy Roman Emperor, and Ptolemy IV Philopator.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1887, Vidkun Quisling ranks 14. Before him are Padre Pio, Marcel Duchamp, Srinivasa Ramanujan, Ernst Röhm, Gustav Ludwig Hertz, and Lutz Graf Schwerin von Krosigk. After him are Arthur Rubinstein, Wilhelm Canaris, Jozef Tiso, Leopold Ružička, Juan Gris, and Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg. Among people deceased in 1945, Vidkun Quisling ranks 14. Before him are Béla Bartók, Martin Bormann, Anton Webern, Fedor von Bock, Walter Model, and Thomas Hunt Morgan. After him are Magda Goebbels, Subhas Chandra Bose, Francis William Aston, Wilhelm Canaris, George S. Patton, and Irma Grese.

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In Norway

Among people born in Norway, Vidkun Quisling ranks 23 out of 1,039. Before him are Olaf Tryggvason (963), Margaret, Maid of Norway (1283), Harald Fairhair (850), Haakon the Good (918), Thor Heyerdahl (1914), and Haakon IV of Norway (1204). After him are Harald Greycloak (935), Sigurd the Crusader (1090), Magnus Barefoot (1073), Queen Sonja of Norway (1937), Magnus VI of Norway (1238), and Gro Harlem Brundtland (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In Norway

Among politicians born in Norway, Vidkun Quisling ranks 9. Before him are Olaf II of Norway (993), Magnus the Good (1024), Olaf Tryggvason (963), Harald Fairhair (850), Haakon the Good (918), and Haakon IV of Norway (1204). After him are Harald Greycloak (935), Sigurd the Crusader (1090), Magnus Barefoot (1073), Magnus VI of Norway (1238), Gro Harlem Brundtland (1939), and Haakon V of Norway (1270).

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