Arnvid Vasbotten

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]

Arnvid Vasbotten
Born(1903-08-11)11 August 1903
Florø, Kingdom of Sweden and Norway
Died17 May 1985(1985-05-17) (aged 81)
NationalityNorwegian
OccupationJurist and politician

References
  1. Sørensen, Øystein (1995). "Vasbotten, Arnvid". In Dahl, Hans Fredrik (ed.). Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. ISBN 82-02-14138-9. Archived from the original on 2013-10-30. Retrieved 4 April 2019.
  2. Kroglund, Nina Drolsum (2017). Hitlers norske hjelpere (in Norwegian). Oslo: Historie & Kultur. pp. 264–267. ISBN 978-82-8323-009-3.


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