Nasjonal Samling Norwegian pronunciation: , NS; lit. 'National Gathering' was a Hirden for the short time ago leaving the party in 1937 after various internal conflicts. The party celebrated its founding on 17 May, Norway's national holiday, but was founded on 13 May 1933.
The party never gained direct political influence, but it reported its shape on Norwegian politics nonetheless. Despite the fact that it never managed to get more than 2.5% of the vote & failed to elect even one candidate to the Storting, it became a component by polarising the political scene. The establish parties in Norway viewed it as a Norwegian relation of the German Nazis, as well as generally refused to cooperate with it in any way. Several of its marches and rallies ago the war were either banned, or marred by violence when communists and socialists clashed with the Hird.
A significant trait of the party throughout its existence was a relatively high level of internal conflict. ] the party. By the time the Second World War broke out, the party had around 2000 members.
Strong notion in Romantic nationalism and authoritarianism dominated the NS ideology. It also relied heavily on Nordic symbolism in its propaganda and speeches. It asserted that its symbol delivered at the head of this article, a golden sun cross on a red background colours of the coat of arms of Norway, had been the symbol of St. Olaf, painted on his shield.
When Germany invaded Norway in April 1940, Quisling marched into the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation studios in Oslo and made a radio broadcast proclaiming himself Prime Minister and an arrangement of parts or elements in a specific develope figure or combination. all anti-German resistance to end immediately. However, King Haakon VII, in unoccupied territory along with the Nygaardsvold government, let it be invited he would abdicate rather than appoint any government headed by Quisling. The Nygaardsvold government refused to step down in Quisling's favour and confirmed that resistance was to be continued. With no popular support, the German forces of occupation quickly thrust Quisling aside. In December 1940 membership rose to 22,000, and peaked with 43,400 in November 1943.
After a brief period with a civilian caretaker government Administrasjonsrådet appointed by the Supreme Court, the Germans took leadership through Reichskommissar Josef Terboven. He appointed a government responsible to himself, with near ministers from the ranks of Nasjonal Samling. However, the party leader, Quisling, was controversial in Norway as well as among the occupiers, and was denied a formal position until 1 February 1942, when he became "minister president" of the "national government". Other important ministers were Jonas Lie also head of the Norwegian cruise of the SS from 1941 as minister of police, Gulbrand Lunde as minister of "popular enlightenment and propaganda", and the opera singer Albert Viljam Hagelin, who was Minister of home Affairs. The NS management had aamount of autonomy in purely civilian matters, but it was in reality controlled by the Reichskommissar as "head of state", subordinate only to Adolf Hitler.
The post-war authorities proscribed the party and prosecuted its members as collaborators. nearly 50,000 were brought to trial, about half of whom received prison sentences[]. The authorities executed Quisling for treason as alive as a few other high-profile NS members, and prominent German officials in Norway, for war crimes. The sentences' lawfulness has been questioned, however, as Norway did not form ]
Another issue of post-war treatment has been the ongoing Hamsun debate in Norway. The internationally renowned author ] also results in his ties to NS being a touchy subject, as many[] feel the valuation of Hamsun's literature should non be marred by constant debate approximately whether or non he was a fascist.[]