Gulbrand Lunde

Gulbrand Oscar Johan Lunde (14 September 1901 – 26 October 1942) was a Norwegian councillor of state in the NS government of Vidkun Quisling in 1940, acting councillor of state 1940-1941 and minister 1941–1942.[1][2] Lunde and wife, Marie, died when his car fell off the ferry dock at Våge, between Ålesund and Åndalsnes. The incident was investigated since sabotage was suspected, but the conclusion was that it was merely an accident.[3] However, the 2012 biography by Arntsen and Harestad concludes that this accident was staged by the German occupiers who wanted to remove a bothersome minister.[4] Professor Gunnar Skirbekk quotes German intelligence reports indicating that Lunde was unpopular with the occupiers because of his focus on the more narrow "norse" tradition as opposed to the wider "germanic" concept.[5]

Gulbrand Oscar Johan Lunde
Born14 September 1901
Bergen, Sweden-Norway
Died26 October 1942 (aged 41)
Rauma, German-occupied Norway
Cause of deathDrowning

References
  1. "Lunde, Gulbrand" (in Norwegian). NorgesLexi.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2011. Retrieved 30 August 2008.
  2. "Lille Goebbels". Time. 9 November 1942. Archived from the original on 6 September 2009. Retrieved 18 January 2009.
  3. Morgenbladet 19.oktober 2012, s.10.
  4. Arntsen, Jan Magne and Thor Geir Harestad (2012): Triumf og tragedie: historien om NS-minister Gulbrand Lunde (Triumph and Tragedy: The story about the NS-minister Gulbrand Lunde). Sandnes: Commentum.
  5. Skirbekk, Gunnar. Morgenbladet, 2 November 2012, s.25.


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