SEPTEMBER 1941
| Day | Description | Notes |
|---|---|---|
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2
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Norwegian inhabitants evacuated from Svalbard onboard ‘Empress of Canada’ Coal stocks set on fire. | |
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3
|
Oslo:The Justice Department abolishes the jury system. | |
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3
|
SS Gruppenfϋher Reinhard Heydrich visits Oslo | |
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6-7
|
British aircraft bomb Oslo harbour, little damage, few casualties. | |
|
8
|
Milk rationing imposed – some industrial workers strike. | |
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8
|
Paul Hartmann arrived in London as first official representative for the Norwegian Resistance movement. | |
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10
|
State of emergency declared in Oslo and Akershus. Union official Viggo Hansteen and Rolf Wickstrøm tried and executed on same day. Many others arrested and sentenced to hard labour – among them: Einar Gerhardsen, Lars Evensen, Konrad Nordahl and Haakon Lie. | |
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11
|
Students and faculty of Oslo University summoned to meeting by SS Sturmbannführer Knab. Chancellor, Prof. Seip was relieved of his position and arrested later same day. | |
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12
|
British aircraft attack Haugvik foundry in Glomfjord. | |
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15
|
Russian submarine landed 13 men, Russian and Norwegians, on the Varanger peninsula. | |
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16
|
State of emergency lifted. | |
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20
|
In a secret order from the German High Command, all resistance in occupied countries to be attributed to communists. For every German killed in such cases, 50 – 100 hostages to be executed. | |
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21
|
Squadron 331 moved to Skebrae in the Orkneys. | |
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25
|
Secretaries of State ‘promoted’ to Ministers by Terboven | |
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25
|
Germans establish weather stations on abandoned Longyearby. | |
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26
|
New edict from Terboven – death penalty to apply to “attempts to escape to enemy territory, or activities on behalf of enemy.” |
■ 1941 / Timeline / Last Updated November 27, 2013 by Geronimo Gando /