What is Norwegian resistance movement?
[[File:NorskPolitistyrkeSwedenWW2.jpg|thumb|[[Refugee]]s from Norway doing military training in Sweden.]] During [[World War II]], [[Norway]] was [[Occupied territory|occupied]] by [[Nazi Germany]]. The '''Norwegian Resistance''' was a [[rebellion]] by Norwegians against the [[German invasion of Norway|invasion]] and occupation by the Nazis. It lasted from 1940 to 1945. It supported the [[Government of Norway|Norwegian government]] that was formed [[Government-in-exile|outside]] of the country as the true government of Norway. They discouraged Norwegians from following the pro-Nazi Norwegian government formed by [[Vidkun Quisling]]. The Norwegian Resistance helped the original members of the Norwegian government to escape from Norway. They were lucky that they escaped alive, because the Germans tried to kill them. They managed to get to the coast where a British warship picked them up. The Norwegian Resistance also carried out armed resistance against the Nazi soldiers. This included [[wikt:sabotage|sabotage]] (breaking or destroying things), [[assassination]]s, and exploding German ships with [[bomb]]s. The Norwegian Resistance also did unarmed [[civil disobedience]] actions, like [[protest]]s. [[Category:1940s in Norway]] [[Category:Resistance movements of World War II]] [[Category:Rebellions in Europe]] [[Category:20th-century rebellions]] [[Category:National liberation movements]] {{multistub|history|europe}}