Johan Andreas Lippestad Explained

Johan Andreas Lippestad (19 December 1902 – 7 November 1961) was a Norwegian minister in the NS government of Vidkun Quisling, from 1941 to 1945. He was responsible for the evacuation of Finnmark in 1944, together with Jonas Lie. In the post-war legal purges in Norway he was convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment with forced labour. He was released from prison in 1956.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Encyclopedia: Øystein . Sørensen . Øystein Sørensen . . Lippestad, Johan . Norwegian . Dahl . Hans Fredrik Dahl . . . . . 27 September 2009 . 1995 . Cappelen . Oslo . 82-02-14138-9 . 249 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110525024739/http://mediabase1.uib.no/krigslex/l/l3.html#lippestad-johan . 25 May 2011 .