Who was executed at Akershus Fortress, Oslo in 1945 along with Albert Hagelin and Ragnar Skancke after being convicted of high treason?
"Ragnar Skancke Ragnar Sigvald Skancke (9 November 1890 – 28 August 1948) was the Norwegian Minister of Labour (appointed, but never accepted the position) and Minister for Church and Educational Affairs in Vidkun Quisling's government of the Nasjonal Samling party during World War II. Before the war, Skancke was a highly respected professor of electrical engineering at the Norwegian Institute of Technology in Trondheim and a member of the Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters. Skancke was born in Ås, Norway, the son of bank director Johan Skancke and Kari Busvold. In 1908 he became a student, and in"
"the May 1945 German capitulation in Norway and the rest of Europe, Skancke was put on trial for treason. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1946. In March 1947, the Norwegian Supreme Court rejected Skancke's appeals and confirmed the sentence. In response to the confirmation of his sentence, Skancke attempted to get a retrial, presenting new evidence and witness testimonies. During this process, the mood in Norway largely changed with many calls for clemency for the former collaborationist minister. As all calls for clemency were rejected Skancke was executed by firing squad at Akershus Fortress on 28 August"
"to 1945 he served as Prime Minister of Norway, heading the Norwegian state administration jointly with the German civilian administrator Josef Terboven. His pro-Nazi puppet government, known as the Quisling regime, was dominated by ministers from Nasjonal Samling. The collaborationist government participated in Germany's genocidal Final Solution. Quisling was put on trial during the legal purge in Norway after World War II. He was found guilty of charges including embezzlement, murder and high treason against the Norwegian state, and was sentenced to death. He was executed by firing squad at Akershus Fortress, Oslo, on 24 October 1945. The word ""quisling"""
"1948, the last person to be executed in Norway, which has since abolished the death penalty for all crimes, including war crimes and treason. Before his execution, the Norwegian High Court had received letters from 668 priests who begged for mercy on Skancke's behalf. Ragnar Skancke was one of only three Norwegian Nazi leaders to be executed for political crimes in the post-war legal purge, the others being Quisling and Internal affairs minister Albert Viljam Hagelin, all the 34 other Norwegians and Germans executed in the post war process having been convicted of murder, torture or systematic informing. In addition"
"the Supreme Court of Norway during the post-World War II trials. Reidar Haaland was executed by firing squad on 17 August 1945 at Akershus Fortress, Oslo. Reidar Haaland Reidar Haaland (21 February 1919 – 17 August 1945) was a police officer and voluntary frontline soldier for the German forces. He hailed from Stavanger. He was a member of Nasjonal Samling from 6 December 1940, and on 20 June 1941 he joined Den Norske Legion. The legion became defunct in 1943, whereupon Haaland found work in Statspolitiet in Oslo. Already in the autumn of 1943 he was transferred to Gestapo. Haaland"
"to accomplish psychological warfare by spreading black propaganda; he thought he could use these deserters in his work. However, both Gram and Tallaksen were led into a trap. The ""deserters"" turned out to be provocateurs; the meeting was staged at Victoria Terrasse, the headquarters of the Gestapo. It all ended with a shootout, where Gram was killed and Tallaksen was shot in the jaw. After two weeks at Aker Hospital, he was transferred to Akershus Fortress, where he committed suicide on 29 November 1944 to avoid betraying his comrades in Oslogjengen. Tallaksen's body was cremated and buried at Kristiansand Cemetery"
"av 1926. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he joined the armed resistance group Milorg. He advanced from being team leader (""troppssjef"") via deputy company leader to district leader in 1943. He was arrested on 9 December 1944 and was imprisoned in Møllergata 19. Several of his team members were arrested as well. On 8 February 1945, when the Nazi police leader Karl Marthinsen was assassinated by the Norwegian resistance, it was decided to execute Hansson as a reprisal. He was transferred to Akershus Fortress. He was executed by gnushot on 9 February together with six of his"
"helped refugees. When the Nazi police leader Karl Marthinsen was assassinated by the Norwegian resistance on 8 February 1945, Vislie was arrested together with thirty-three others, including Carl Ferdinand Gjerdrum, Haakon Sæthre and Kaare Sundby, as a reprisal. Vislie was immediately convicted by a court-martial, and executed on Akershus Fortress on 9 February. His body was lowered in the Oslofjord. Jon Vislie Jon Asbjørn Vislie (8 October 1896 – 9 February 1945) was a Norwegian lawyer who was executed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. He was born in Kristiania as the son of educationalist and writer Vetle"
"Håkon's armed forces"". Andersen protested against Manus' account when it was published. When Andersen returned to Norway after the German surrender in 1945, he had hoped to reunite with his wife Ruth. Instead, he discovered that his wife had been arrested by the Germans on 9 May 1944. She had been taken to Møllergata 19, tortured during her captivity and executed at Grini detention camp by ""Sonderkommando Hans"" on 21 July 1944 together with five others. They were buried in a mass grave but her body was exhumed and identified on 25 May 1945. Ruth's sister together with Ruth's friend"
"of Police, Jonas Lie. Statspolitiet also received orders directly from the German Sicherheitspolizei. The general of Statspolitiet, Karl A Marthinsen was liquidated by the Norwegian resistance movement on 8 February 1945. This caused massive reprisals, in which 34 imprisoned resistance fighters were executed at Akershus Fortress. After the German capitulation on May 8, 1945, Statspolitiet was disbanded immediately. Former officers of Statspolitiet were arrested and tried in Norwegian courts, and were found guilty of varying degrees of such crimes as treason, illegal detention, torture, maltreatments, murders and illegal executions. The punishments were harsh and included the use of capital punishment."
"party. Robert Hagelin was convicted of treason in the legal purge in Norway after World War II, and was sentenced to three years in prison. Robert Hagelin Robert Hagelin (2 August 1884 – 5 January 1960) was a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party. Born in Bergen, he moved to Ålesund in 1915 to become the owner and manager of the factory ""Aalesunds Margarinfabrikk"". He was a member of Ålesund city council from 1925 to 1928, and served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament during the term 1931–1933, representing the Market towns of Møre og Romsdal county. He"
"nineteen executions was carried out on 16 August 1943, when police officer Gunnar Eilifsen was executed for disobedience. Before this, German law had applied, and four hundred Norwegians had already been executed. In 1941, the Cabinet Nygaardsvold exiled in London allowed for the death penalty after the war, and expanded its scope in 1942 to cover torture and murder. The legal purge that followed the occupation resulted in several death sentences, of which 37 people, 25 Norwegians and 12 Germans, were executed. The last execution took place on 27 August 1948, when Ragnar Skancke was put before a firing squad"
"the Second World War he eventually escaped to Scotland and led a battery there from 1944 to 1945. He led ""AR 3"" from 1948 to 1949, and Field Artillery Regiment 1 from 1949. From 1957 to 1958 he was the commander of Fredriksten Fortress. He was also a chief aide-de-camp for King Haakon VII of Norway from 1950 to 1953. He was decorated as a Commander, First Class of the Order of the Sword and Knight of the Italian Order of the Crown. He died in January 1983 and was buried in Øymark. Nils H. Henningsmoen Nils Hansteen Henningsmoen (25"
"and later execution. In 1849 Isberg was appointed the position of """" (""Executioner of the country"") by the government, thus being the only executioner in Norway. His next commission was the execution of Jens Larsen Halden, who was convicted for robbery and murder. Editor Christian Monsen reported on the execution in his newspaper ""Trondhjems Stiftstidende"", where he particularly focused on the behavior of the audience. The Kautokeino uprising in 1852 resulted in execution of two of the leaders, Mons Somby and Aslak Hætta. The execution took place in Alta on 15 November 1854. Isberg had made the long journey from"
"next day. A local union leader, Rolf Wickstrøm, and chief jurist in the Confederation of Trade Unions, Viggo Hansteen were executed immediately. Arrested on 12 September, Harry Vestli was sentenced to death together with Ludvik Buland and Josef Larsson, but the three were later reprieved, and instead given a lifelong jail sentence. Vestli was imprisoned at both Grini and Akershus Fortress, before being sent to Germany on 16 October 1941. While imprisoned here he contracted tuberculosis. He died in September 1942 at a hospital in Hamburg. Harry Vestli Harry August Vestli (10 May 1918 – 2 September 1942) was a"
"escape and was killed, Storm Weinholdt was arrested together with his father, his brother Kjell who also had arrived, and Frank Olsen. They were subject to torture at Møllergata 19. Storm Weinholdt was sentenced to death on 15 March in an SS court-martial; prosecutor was Siegfried Fehmer. He was executed by gunshot at Akershus Fortress on 17 March. His body was lowered in the Oslofjord. This was the second to last execution of Norwegians by Germans during the war; the last person was an ""SS-Jäger"" executed for desertion () on 19 April. Together with eight other resistance members—Adolf Bogstad, Erik"
"48 incidents of torture and maltreatment of his own countrymen, often in a more brutal way than he was ordered to. He was also found guilty for 2 incidents of complicity to murder. Ole Wehus was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court of Norway for treason in February 1947, and executed by firing squad at Akershus Fortress on 10 March the same year. Ole Wehus Ole Wehus (25 June 1909 – 10 March 1947) was a Norwegian police official and member of the fascist party Nasjonal Samling who was sentenced to death penalty and executed in 1947. He was"
"and had to be shut down. The Pettersens made a successful dash for the border in a sedan, breaking the axle just as they crossed into Sweden. Rolf Syversen stayed in Oslo, but was arrested for an unrelated matter in June. He was executed at Trandumskogen in November 1944. Although this was the largest rescue operation in Norway during World War II, it was virtually unknown for decades. In order to maintain operational security, the refugees were not aware that they were part of a larger scheme, and their rescuers' identities were kept secret in any event. Ragnar Ulstein, a"
"Olav Aspheim Olav Aspheim (24 November 1921 – 9 March 1948) was a Norwegian member of the fascist party Nasjonal Samling, volunteer front fighter for the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking and Statspolitiet constable who was sentenced to death and shot after World War II. From August 1944, he was a Statspolitiet constable in Oslo. He was among the Norwegians that on 9 February 1945 participated in a firing squad at the execution site of Akershus Fortress where twenty Norwegian resistance fighters were shot. Aspheim was arrested after the war. During the post-war legal purge in Norway he was found"
"Nazi police leader Karl Marthinsen was assassinated by the Norwegian resistance on 8 February 1945, Sundby was arrested together with thirty-three others, including Carl Ferdinand Gjerdrum, Haakon Sæthre and Jon Vislie, as a reprisal. Sundby was executed on Akershus Fortress on 9 February, his body lowered in the Oslofjord. Kaare Sundby Kaare Sundby (1 January 1905 – 9 February 1945) was a Norwegian engineer who was executed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. He was born in Modum as the son of veterinarian Theodor Sundby and his wife Gullaug, née Bjertnes. Sundby married and had one child, and"
"citizens executed by the German officials during the five-year occupation of Norway (1940-1945). After the liberation of Norway in 1945, Hansteen and Rolf Wickstrøm are buried in Vår Frelsers gravlund. Viggo Hansteen and Rolf Wickstrøm were honored by the naming of a section of road around Oslo which bears their names. In 1948, a memorial was erected in granite with a bronze relief at the site of Hansteen's execution at Årvoll in the Bjerke district of Oslo. The memorial was directed by Norwegian sculptor Nic Schiøll (1901–1984). It bears the following: In 1930, he married Kirsten Hansteen (1903-1974). In 1945,"
"The court process was judged to be ""a model of fairness"" in a commentary by author Maynard Cohen. After giving testimony in a number of other trials of ""Nasjonal Samling"" members, Quisling was executed by firing squad at Akershus Fortress at 02:40 on 24 October 1945. His last words before being shot were, ""I'm convicted unfairly and I die innocent."" After his death his body was cremated, leaving the ashes to be interred in Fyresdal. His widow Maria lived in Oslo until her death in 1980. They had no children. Upon her death, she donated all their Russian antiques to"
"participated twice) or Heinz Vierke (once) with Norwegian helpers. The last victim, Georg Henrik Resch, killed in Drammen on 6 January 1945, was the wrong person. Two attempts failed, one on 4 September 1944 and the other on 30 October 1944. All but three killings took place in Oslo or Aker. Of the eleven killings that went to trial after the war, there were convictions in each case, except the one with Heinz Vierke. Ernst Weiner was among the arrested, but was said to have shot himself and a fellow inmate while in prison. Historian Tore Pryser has cast some"
"to take the torture. Within an hour and a half, Gestapo were on their way to our home"", said Sverre Kokkin. 11 of its members were sentenced to death — 7 were executed in February and March 1945. Several members were executed at the Akershus Fortress and their bodies thrown into the Oslofjord. The group had about 100 saboteurs. Subdivisions of the group included the Ullevål Hageby Gang and the Losby Gang. No member has ever received medals for their actions during World War II, from Norway's government. In 2013 one of the two members who is still alive, Sverre"
"guilty of crimes that included treason, bodily harm, maltreatment and wrongful execution. His case was confirmed by the Supreme Court on 27 February 1947, where he was sentenced to death. Aspheim was executed by firing squad at Akershus Fortress on 9 March 1948. Olav Aspheim Olav Aspheim (24 November 1921 – 9 March 1948) was a Norwegian member of the fascist party Nasjonal Samling, volunteer front fighter for the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking and Statspolitiet constable who was sentenced to death and shot after World War II. From August 1944, he was a Statspolitiet constable in Oslo. He was"
"was the second to last execution of Norwegians by Germans during the war; the last person was an ""SS-Jäger"" executed for desertion () on 19 April. Together with eight other resistance members—Adolf Bogstad, Erik Bruun, Arvid Hansen, Ingolf Nordstrøm, Kåre Olafsen, Frank Olsen, Kjell Ramberg and Storm Weinholdt—he is commemorated with a memorial stone at Sarabråten in Østmarka. Henry Gundersen Henry Gundersen (3 March 1920 – 17 March 1945) was a Norwegian resistance member who was executed during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany. He was born in Glemmen, and lived in Oslo. He was educated at the Norwegian"
"then loaned to the Statspolitiet and was involved in several operations cooperating with the German Sicherheitspolizei. Tou became a full-time employee for Statspolitiet in February 1945. In the legal purge he was sentenced to death for murder, torture, bodily harm, aggravated assault with dangerous tools and maltreatment of his own countrymen by the Supreme Court of Norway 6 September 1946. Holger Tou jr was executed by firing squad at Sverresborg Fortress in Bergen 30 January 1947. Holger Tou Holger Tou jr (1 June 1919 – 30 January 1947) was a Norwegian police official and member of the fascist party Nasjonal"
"own countrymen, to death on 14 August 1945 by Eidsivating Court of Appeal. Arne Braa Saatvedt was executed by firing squad at Akershus Fortress on 20 October 1945. Arne Saatvedt Arne Braa Saatvedt (18 June 1922 – 20 October 1945) was a Norwegian police official and member of the fascist party Nasjonal Samling who was sentenced to death and executed in 1945. Saatvedt was born in Meråker in Nord-Trøndelag. As a 19 year-old he volunteered the 5th SS Panzer Division Wiking and 23. SS-Panzergrenadierregiment Norge. He joined the Statspolitiet in 1943, and served as interpreter and investigator at the German"
"World War II, his son was sentenced to six years of forced labour, and Dønnum was sentenced to death for treason. He was executed by firing squad at Akershus Fortress on 22 April 1947. Einar Dønnum Einar Olav Dønnum (19 April 1897 – 22 April 1947) was a Norwegian Nazi collaborator who was executed during the legal purge in Norway after World War II. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, Dønnum worked in the Nazi-dominated Statspolitiet. He was known for brutal interrogation methods, which included torture. He hired his teenage son as an assistant. Members of the Norwegian"
"Oscar Hans Oscar Hans (born 6 February 1910, date of death unknown) was a German war criminal, leader of a SS-Sonderkommando during the occupation of Norway. He was born in Volmeringen, Lorraine, German Empire. Hans led the execution of more than 300 persons during the war years, including 195 persons executed at Trandumskogen in Ullensaker. His first job was the executions of Viggo Hansteen and Rolf Wickstrøm in September 1941, following the court-martial after the so-called milk strike in Oslo. After the war he was initially sentenced to death, but his appeal was more successful. The Supreme Court of Norway"
"Trandumskogen Trandumskogen is a forest located in Ullensaker, Akershus county, Norway. It was the site of one of the first discoveries in May 1945 of German mass graves in Norway. The German executioner Oskar Hans was the officer in command of the unit performing the executions. In total 173 Norwegians, 6 British and 15 Soviet citizens were executed in Trandumskogen. Many had been sentenced to death by the German occupation forces, but there was also a great number who were subject to arbitrary executions. After the Second World War, Norwegian citizens sentenced for treason, and leading members of the Norwegian"
"war pilots based in foreign countries. Soon, he became suspect in the eyes of German forces. He was arrested for ""spying"" in May 1941, and was imprisoned at Møllergata 19 for two months. He was sentenced to death, but this was converted to ten year of prison after he held his speech of defence in German. He was transferred to Grini concentration camp in July 1941, as #352 of almost 20,000 prisoners. Another aerial pioneer Helge Skappel was imprisoned as well, and they spent prison time in Åkebergveien from October to November 1941, before being shipped to Germany via Akershus"
"Olsen rang the doorbell, entered, and the Gestapo officers understood the situation. The three resistance members were held in the house for the time being, but after Adolf Bogstad tried to escape and was killed, Frank Olsen was arrested together with Storm Weinholdt, Weinholdt's father and his brother Kjell, who also had arrived. They were subject to torture at Møllergata 19. Frank Olsen was sentenced to death on 15 March in an SS court-martial; prosecutor was Siegfried Fehmer. He was executed by gunshot at Akershus Fortress on 17 March. His body was lowered in the Oslofjord. This was the second"