| Country: | Norway |
| Leader: | Karl Meyer |
| National Legion | |
| Native Name: | Den Nationale Legion |
| Foundation: | 1927 |
| Dissolution: | 1928 |
| Ideology: | Fascism |
| Position: | Far-right |
| Newspaper: | Nationalfascisten |
The National Legion (no|Den nasjonale legion, archaic Norwegian: Den Nationale Legion) was a short-lived fascist[1] political party in Norway led by Karl Meyer, in existence from 1927–28, notable for being the first fascist party in the country.
The party was founded at a public meeting at a circus, Cirkus Verdensteatret, in Oslo in May 1927. The event was hosted by the party's leader, Karl Meyer, "Norway's strongest man", a businessman and stock trader with a history of fraud cases.[1] Author and social commentator Erling Winsnes was another leading figure.[2]
Influenced by Italian Fascism,[3] [4] Meyer sought a "March on Oslo", with a parade of "100.000 farmers" that would make "the walls of Jericho crumble".[5] The party however failed to mobilise much beyond Oslo's bourgeois West End.[1] It ran a list in Oslo for the 1927 parliamentary election,[6] but did not win any representation with 1,210 votes, about 1% of the vote in Oslo and 0.1% nationwide.[7] Besides meetings at the circus, the party had little impact, and was dissolved in early 1928 amid internal conflicts and public brawls.[1]
. Terje Emberland. Da fascismen kom til Norge. Den nasjonale legions vekst og fall, 1927–1928. Dreyer. 2015. 9788282651288.