Editing History of Norway (section)

===Quisling regime===
[[Vidkun Quisling]] proclaimed himself prime minister and appointed a government with members from the [[Nasjonal Samling|National Unity Party]].<ref>Stenersen: 121</ref> He was quickly set aside and replaced by [[Josef Terboven]], but reinstated in 1942. The [[Norwegian Campaign]] continued in Northern Norway and the government fled to London on 7 June.<ref>Stenersen: 122</ref> The [[Occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany|German occupation]] resulted in a brutalization of society and 30,000 people were imprisoned.<ref>Stenersen: 124</ref> 55,000 people joined the National Unity Party, which became the only legal party. But the nazification process failed after the [[Supreme Court of Norway|Supreme Court]] resigned and both organized sports and bishops boycotted the new regime.<ref>Stenersen: 125</ref> A [[Norwegian resistance movement|resistance movement]] was established and was coordinated from London from 1943.<ref>Stenersen: 127</ref> Stokker reports that hostile humour against the Germans helped maintain morale and build a wall against collaboration. Jokes made the rounds dripping with contempt for the oppressors, ridicule of Nazi ideology, stressing the cruelty of the Nazis and mocking their inflated self-image. People on the street asked, "Do you know the difference between the Nazis and a bucket of manure? The bucket." In Post Office lines they explained, "It's rumored that we're getting new stamps bearing Quisling's likeness, but distribution has been delayed because no one knows which side to spit on." The jokes worked to educate Norwegians about the occupation, and encourage a sense of solidarity.<ref>Kathleen Stokker, "Heil Hitler; God Save the King: Jokes and the Norwegian Resistance 1940–1945," ''Western Folklore'' (1991) 50#2 pp. 171–190 [https://www.jstor.org/stable/1500046 in JSTOR] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712104456/https://www.jstor.org/stable/1500046 |date=12 July 2023 }}</ref> At the time of [[End of World War II in Europe|German surrender]] on 8 May 1945, there were 360,000 German soldiers in the country.<ref name="s130">Stenersen: 130</ref>