SEPTEMBER 1940
| Day | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
|
4
|
Terboven meets Hitler in Berlin – advises against co-operation with NS in Norway and no position for Quisling | |
|
5
|
Quisling meets Hitler in Berlin – requests NS majority in Norway – and a replacement for Terboven. | |
|
7
|
Hitler’s decision – both Quisling and Terboven to remain – negotiations to continue. | |
|
Canada
|
Norwegian Airmen begin to train at Toronto Flying Club – beginning of ‘Little Norway’ | |
|
8
|
Discussions continue – German demand that King Haakon should abdicate remained unconditional. | |
|
9
|
Group and president meeting in Parliament – majority for acceptance of German demand. | |
|
12
|
‘Border Zone West’ established in Sogn og Fjordane, Hordaland, Bergen, Rogaland Aus tog Vest-Agder and parts of Telemark, Vestfold and Østfold. Travel restrictions imposed. | |
|
13-15
|
Terboven and Quisling again to Berlin. German demands stand | |
|
13
|
Norway’s two athletic organisations agree to merge. Olaf Helset, Foreman and Rolf Hofmo Vice-foreman. | |
|
18
|
After further fruitless negotiations – no agreement.- members of Parliament resign. | |
|
20
|
Freemason activity in Norway banned, property expropriated | |
|
21
|
Royalist Doctor Johan Scharffenberg, in Oslo speech to Student Union, supports King Haakon as icon for Norwegian hopes and independence. Standing ovation. | |
|
23
|
Demonstration in Bergen against travel restrictions | |
|
24
|
Oslo’s Chief of Police, Kristian Welhaven dismissed by Nazis. He was later arrested and sent to Germany | |
|
25
|
Christian Advisory Council for the Norwegian Church established | |
|
25
|
All weapons and ammunition in civilian hands in Norway to be turned in to German authorities before October 4 | |
|
25
|
Final chapter in struggle for constitutional power in Norway – Terboven bans all political parties except NS, dissolves Administrative Council, installs Commissioner Government of 13 men, 9 of whom were NS members. Start of ‘nyordningen.’ | |
|
26
|
Dr. Scharffenberg and Student Union President Johan Sanness arrested. | |
|
28
|
The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation and other public institutions re-organised with ‘reliable’ NS heads. | |
|
28
|
In a Stavanger newspaper editor Trond Hegna criticizes Terboven’s Comissioner Government. Hegna was arrested and the newspaper closed down the same evening. |
■ 1940 / Timeline / Last Updated December 3, 2013 by Geronimo Gando /