Birger Øivind Meidell
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Birger Øivind Meidell was a Norwegian
minister for social affairs in the NS government of Vidkun Quisling
September 1940 - September 1941. After end of the War he was sentenced to forced labour but released on grounds of ill health. He took up a post at the Brankasse until his retirement.
He planned in the 1930s a broadly worked out strategy for NS-command of Norwegian society. His high idea was to win over the workers for the NS and for national socialism. In part, these workers would be won over through active social politics, higher payment, safer and better working conditions. He also aimed to subordinate the labour unions to government policy. His progress was not helped by his obstinate and uncooperative personality..
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
minister for social affairs in the NS government of Vidkun Quisling
Vidkun Quisling
Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling was a Norwegian politician. On 9 April 1940, with the German invasion of Norway in progress, he seized power in a Nazi-backed coup d'etat that garnered him international infamy. From 1942 to 1945 he served as Minister-President, working with the occupying...
September 1940 - September 1941. After end of the War he was sentenced to forced labour but released on grounds of ill health. He took up a post at the Brankasse until his retirement.
He planned in the 1930s a broadly worked out strategy for NS-command of Norwegian society. His high idea was to win over the workers for the NS and for national socialism. In part, these workers would be won over through active social politics, higher payment, safer and better working conditions. He also aimed to subordinate the labour unions to government policy. His progress was not helped by his obstinate and uncooperative personality..