Odd Fossum (15 December 1905 – 23 July 1958) was a Norwegian shop assistant, and leader of the

Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (, LO) is a national trade union center, decidedly the largest and probably the most influential umbrella organization of labour unions in Norway. The 21 national unions affiliated to the LO have almo ...

from 1941 to 1945, under the

Nazi regime Nazi Germany, officially known as the German Reich and later the Greater German Reich, was the German state between 1933 and 1945, when Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party controlled the country, transforming it into a totalitarian dictat ...

during the

occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until th ...

. He was also the leader of ''NS Faggruppeorganisasjon'' from 12 October 1940 to September 1944, when he was succeeded by Olav M. Hoff.

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1905 births 1958 deaths People from Våler, Norway Members of Nasjonal Samling Norwegian trade unionists {{Norway-activist-stub People convicted of treason for Nazi Germany against Norway