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Who was vidkun quisling?

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Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian politician. He was a friend of the Nazis and was Prime Minister of the Nazi puppet government after the Germans invaded Norway. After the war, he was shot by a firing squad as a traitor. "Quisling" has been used as a synonym for "traitor" ever since.

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