Statspolitiet

*Statspolitiet*
Statspolitiet
	Emblem of Statspolitiet contained Nasjonal Samling's sun cross with eagle.
Abbreviation	STAPO
Agency overview
Formed	1 June 1941
Dissolved	8 May 1945
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	German occupied Norway

Statspolitiet (transl. the State Police; shortened STAPO) was from 1941 to 1945 a National Socialist armed police force that consisted of Norwegian officials after Nazi German pattern. It operated independently of the ordinary Norwegian police. The force was established on 1 June 1941 during the German occupation of Norway. The initiative for the force came from the later chief Karl Marthinsen and other prominent members of the collaborationist party Nasjonal Samling. At its peak, in 1944 there were 350 employees in Statspolitiet, in addition to a larger number who collaborated or rendered services for them.^[1]

^ Namngjev nordmenn som torturerte Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (in Nynorsk)

[1] Namngjev nordmenn som torturerte Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (in Nynorsk)

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v t e Norway and World War II
Key events	Operation Weserübung Norwegian campaign Elverum Authorization Occupation Resistance Camps The Holocaust Telavåg Martial law in Trondheim (1942) Festung Norwegen Heavy water sabotage Liberation of Finnmark Post-war purge
People	Haakon VII Crown Prince Olav Johan Nygaardsvold Halvdan Koht C. J. Hambro Carl Gustav Fleischer Otto Ruge Jens Christian Hauge Gunnar Sønsteby Vidkun Quisling Jonas Lie Gulbrand Lunde Sverre Riisnæs Josef Terboven Wilhelm Rediess Henry Rinnan Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
Organizations	Milorg XU Linge Osvald Group Nortraship Nasjonal Samling Hirden Statspolitiet Sonderabteilung Lola