Global InformationArnvid Vasbotten information
Arnvid Vasbotten | |
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| Born | 11 August 1903 Florø, Kingdom of Sweden and Norway |
| Died | 17 May 1985 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | Norwegian |
| Occupation(s) | Jurist and politician |
Arnvid Vasbotten (11 August 1903 – 17 May 1985) was a Norwegian jurist and politician for Nasjonal Samling. He was born in Florø and was educated as jurist. From November 1944, he succeeded Albert Viljam Hagelin as Minister of the Interior in the Quisling regime, the puppet government headed by Vidkun Quisling during the German occupation of Norway. Vasbotten was sentenced to twenty years forced labour in the legal purge in Norway after World War II.[1][2]
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- ^ Kroglund, Nina Drolsum (2017). Hitlers norske hjelpere (in Norwegian). Oslo: Historie & Kultur. pp. 264–267. ISBN 978-82-8323-009-3.