Vidkun Quisling
![A black and white photographic portrait of a man aged around thirty, looking slightly to his left. He is dressed in a dark suit and tie; his hair is neatly combed into a parting.](/Images/godic/202502/18/Portrett_av_Vidkun_Quisling_i_sivile_klær,_ukjent_datering.0645.jpg")
![Vidkun Quisling (far left) with his family, c. 1915](/Images/godic/202502/18/Familien_Quisling_ca._1915.0646.jpg")
![Quisling and his second wife, Maria.](/Images/godic/202502/18/Vidkun_Quisling_og_hans_kone_Maria.0646.jpg")
![Heinrich Himmler visited Norway in 1941. Seated (from left to right) are Quisling, Himmler, Terboven, and General Nikolaus von Falkenhorst, the commander of the German forces in Norway.](/Images/godic/202502/18/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101III-Moebius-029-12,_Norwegen,_Besuch_Himmler,_Terboven_und_Quisling0646.jpg")
Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Jonssøn Quisling (Norwegian: [ˈʋɪdkʉn ˈkʋɪslɪŋ] ( listen); 18 July 1887 – 24 October 1945) was a Norwegian military officer and politician, mostly known as the nominal head of government of Norway after the country was occupied by Nazi Germany during World War II.