Johan Andreas Lippestad
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Johan Andreas Lippestad (19 December 1902 – 7 November 1961) was a Norwegian minister in the NS government of Vidkun Quisling, from 1941 to 1945. He was responsible for the evacuation of Finnmark in 1944, together with Jonas Lie. In the post-war legal purges in Norway he was convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment with forced labour. He was released from prison in 1956.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Sørensen, Øystein (1995). "Lippestad, Johan". In Dahl; Hjeltnes; Nøkleby; Ringdal; Sørensen (eds.). Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 249. ISBN 82-02-14138-9. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2009.
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