Anders Beggerud Explained

Anders Beggerud (22 June 1894 in Sandsvær – 22 June 1957) was a Norwegian civil servant during the Nazi regime.

He hailed from Kongsberg, and was a crafts teacher by profession. He was a member of Nasjonal Samling. From 1940 to 1945, during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, Beggerud served as director of the Norwegian Press Directorate, a subdivision of the Ministry of Culture and Enlightenment. He was sentenced to eight years of forced labor as a part of the legal purge in Norway after World War II.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Hjeltnes . Guri . Guri Hjeltnes . . . Beggerud, Anders . 18 February 2009 . 1995 . Cappelen . Oslo . https://web.archive.org/web/20110724185714/http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/b/b1.html#beggerud-anders . 2011-07-24 . dead .