Vidkun Quisling and Oliver Møystad inspecting Rikshirden. | |
Organization overview | |
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Formed | 1940 |
Dissolved | 1945 |
Type | Paramilitary |
Jurisdiction | German-occupied Norway |
Headquarters | Hirdens hus, Oslo |
Parent organization | Nasjonal Samling |
Hirden[1] (the hird) was a uniformed paramilitary organisation during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany, modelled the same way as the German Sturmabteilungen.[2]