Sigurd Halvorsen Johannessen
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Sigurd Halvorsen Johannessen (1881–1964) was a Norwegian
acting councillor of state in the NS government of Vidkun Quisling
1940-1941, and a minister 1941-1942.
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...
acting councillor of state 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...
1940-1941, and a minister 1941-1942.