Konrad Sundlo (born in 1881 in

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, died 25 May 1965 on Nesøya,

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, Norway) was a Norwegian

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and politician in

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before and during

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. He was sentenced to life imprisonment during the post-war legal purge in Norway.

Background

Sundlo was educated as an officer and graduated from the Norwegian Military Academy in 1902. He joined Nasjonal Samling in 1933, and was appointed commander of Infantry Regiment 15 the same year.

Second World War

When the Germans invaded Norway 9 April 1940, Sundlo held the rank of

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and was commander-in-chief for

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area. When the Norwegian fascist leader

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visited

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in the autumn of 1939, he had shown the German ''

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'' a letter sent to him by Sundlo, and described the latter as pro-German. This gave the Germans the impression that Sundlo would not oppose a German landing at Narvik. It is not known whether or not Sundlo was aware that Quisling had passed on his letter to the Germans. During the German occupation Sundlo was '' Rikshirdsjef'' (paramilitary collaborationist commander) from the autumn of 1940. After that he served as the collaborationist county governor of

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and

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from 1943 to 1944 and lastly in

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until the end of the war. After the surrender of Narvik on 9 April 1940, Sundlo was accused of treason by his divisional commander, General Carl Gustav Fleischer. However, the post-war trials only found that Sundlo had committed "negligent offences" at Narvik in 1940. He was still found guilty for a number of other acts during the occupation, and sentenced to life in prison. A minority of three of the eight judges at his trial voted for a death sentence. Sundlo was pardoned in 1952 and died in 1965.Konrad Sundlo
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References

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