Jørgen Nordvik
Jørgen Kornelius Nordvik (28 November 1895 – 21 July 1977[1]) was a Norwegian jurist.
He was a member of the party Nasjonal Samling before the Second World War, and worked as an attorney in Lillehammer. In 1940 he participated for Norway in battles near . However, during the subsequent occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany a career path opened for him. In February 1941 he was appointed as Norwegian Director of Public Prosecutions to replace Haakon Sund who had been fired for anti-German sentiments.[2][3]
During the legal purge in Norway after World War II he was convicted of treason, and sentenced to fourteen years of forced labour.[2] He died in 1977 and was buried at Vestre gravlund.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b "Cemeteries in Norway" (in Norwegian). DIS-Norge. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ a b Dahl, Hans Fredrik (1995). "Nordvik, Jørgen". In Dahl, Hans Fredrik (ed.). Norsk krigsleksikon 1940–45. Oslo: Cappelen. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
- ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. (2007). "riksadvokat". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
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