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The Germans attempted to stifle Resistance activities and executed several innocent Norwegian men, women, and children in retaliation after any Resistance act. [ citation needed ] Probably the worst act of reprisal was the assault on the fishing village of Telavåg in the spring of 1942.
Milorg (abbreviation of militær organisasjon – military organization) was the main Norwegian resistance movement during World War II. Resistance work included intelligence gathering, sabotage, supply-missions, raids, espionage, transport of goods imported to the country, release of Norwegian prisoners and escort for citizens fleeing the border to neutral Sweden.
From there, he was sent to Britain, where in June of that year he enrolled in the Norwegian Independent Company 1, known in Norway as Kompani Linge or Linge Company, which was formed to participate in British-led operations in Norway, to organise, instruct, and lead the Norwegian Resistance Movement, to serve as a link between the home front ...
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The Nordic Resistance Movement [Note 1] is a pan-Nordic [21] [22] neo-Nazi [23] [24] [25] movement in the Nordic countries and a political party in Sweden. Besides Sweden, it is established in Norway, Denmark and Iceland, and formerly in Finland before it was banned in 2019.
The Osvald Group was a Norwegian organisation that was the most active World War II resistance group in Norway from 1941 to the summer of 1944. [1] [2] [3] Numbering more than 200 members, it committed at least 110 acts of sabotage against Nazi occupying forces and the collaborationist government of Vidkun Quisling.
Pages in category "Norwegian resistance members" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 516 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Knut Ingolf Løfsnes (22 December 1918 – 5 January 1996) was a Norwegian resistance member, politician and lawyer. He was a central leader of the clandestine organization XU during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, leading the mid-Norway XU department from the Norwegian legation in Stockholm from 1942 to 1945.