Olga Bjoner
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Olga Bjoner (10 December 1887 – 25 June 1969) was a Norwegian journalist, organizational leader and Nazi politician. She was born in
Askim Askim () is a town and a former municipality in (from January 1, 2020) Indre Østfold municipality in the county of Østfold, Norway. The administrative centre of the Askim municipality was the town of Askim. Askim was established as a municip ...
. She chaired Norges Bondekvinnelag in the 1920s and 1930s. 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 ...
she chaired
Nasjonal Samling The Nasjonal Samling (, NS; ) was a Norway, Norwegian far-right politics, far-right political party active from 1933 to 1945. It was the only legal party of Norway from 1942 to 1945. It was founded by former minister of defence Vidkun Quisling a ...
's organization for women. After the war, Bjoner was sentenced to six years in prison for treason. She was released from prison in 1948.


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1887 births 1969 deaths People from Askim Members of Nasjonal Samling Norwegian fascists Women fascists Norwegian Nazi propagandists Norwegian politicians convicted of crimes Norwegian women in World War II People convicted of treason for Nazi Germany against Norway {{Norway-politician-1880s-stub