Norway led by Vidkun Quisling is a custom civilization by JFD, with contributions from DarthKyofu, RawSasquatch, and Zharques.
This mod requires Brave New World.
Overview[]
Norway[]
Amongst the great powers of Scandinavia, Norway was decisively the first. As audacious Vikings and explorers, and then hardened Christian warriors and traders, Norway rose to prominence in the 13th century, colonizing as far as Greenland and Iceland, and bringing inspiration to her nordic brothers. Its dominance would be short-lived, however, as Norway would be devastated by the Bubonic Plague and then the rise of the Hanseatic League, and would spend the next seven centuries under the sovereignty of Denmark and then Sweden. The Kingdom would regain its independence at the turn of the 20th century and would regain its former prosperity; becoming one of the most successful economies today - owing largely to the fact of its independence from the European Union and its exorbitant natural oil reserves.
Vidkun Quisling[]
Vidkun Quisling was born in an isolated area of Telemark in southeast Norway. His father was a well-read parson interested in old Norwegian history, a subject that greatly inspired Vidkun. He was deeply affected by nationalist feelings in 1905, when the Swedish-Norwegian union was dissolved, and became an officer with the highest marks ever from the military academy. As an aspirant in the general staff from 1911, he worked with Russian affairs. After missions as a military attaché, he was engaged in relief work in Russia with the Arctic explorer and national hero Fridtjof Nansen. At that time Quisling admired the Bolshevik Revolution. He offered both the still-revolutionary Norwegian Labor Party and the Communist Party his help in creating the Red Guards.
However, back in Norway in 1929, he had swung to the right. In an article commemorating the death of Nansen in 1930, Quisling declared his sympathies for corporative arrangements, religious norms, and elitist rule. He also paid tribute to "the Nordic race." In 1930 the Nordic Folk Awakening was founded, a tiny organization that can be seen as a forerunner to Nasjonal Samling (NS). Well-known landowners, lawyers, academicians, and the president of the Industrial League became members. Quisling was empowered to act as an executive committee on his own. The fascist principle of having a "führer" was thus adopted for the first time in Norway.
As defense minister in the Farmer's Party government (1931–1933), Quisling spent most of his time combating the labor movement. Harsh measures were taken against strikers, and he accused the Labor Party of treason and of collaboration with the Soviet Union. After the tumultuous years in government Quisling had become a well-known politician. He founded the NS in 1933, but its support in the election—2.2 percent—was a disappointment. The following year the fascist character of NS was strengthened: brown uniforms, the Nazi salute, a pro-German foreign policy, Quisling's unrestricted power, and anti-Semitism. The 1,700 Jews in Norway were described as a threat to the Nordic race. But Quisling failed this time also, with the local elections in 1934 and the parliament elections in 1936 being clear setbacks. While the main enemy, the Labor Party, formed a coalition government with the Farmer's Party in 1935, NS went into the political wilderness. Many leading figures left the party. Right up to the German occupation in 1940, Quisling was an isolated extremist with an insignificant group of followers.
Quisling's most important allies in Berlin were the Nazi ideologist Alfred Rosenberg and the head of the navy, Erich Raeder. Not before 1939 did Hitler pay any real attention to him. When they met in December 1939, Hitler was influenced by Quisling's firm belief that Norway would not uphold its neutrality against Great Britain. Quisling wanted to gain support for a coup d'état in Norway, but he was not informed of Operation Weserübung, the German invasion of Norway and Denmark on 9 April 1940. After the invasion Quisling proclaimed himself head of the government but was soon removed by the Germans. However, in February 1942 Quisling was appointed "minister president" by the real man in power, the Reich commissioner Josef Terboven.
Quisling's efforts to Nazify Norwegian society were strongly resisted by the church, the teachers, and other professional and industrial organizations. Later on sabotage and the shooting of collaborators also occurred. The membership of NS rose to 43,000 in 1943, far from the proclaimed goal of 100,000. Quisling was totally dependent on Terboven, and he contributed to the recruitment of young Norwegians to the eastern front and to the deportation of Norwegian Jews. Quisling was so alienated from public opinion that he thought he would be allowed to negotiate with the resistance after the German capitulation in May 1945. Instead, he was arrested as a common criminal and tried, accused of treason in accordance with civil and military law. His lawyer asserted that Quisling had aimed to rescue the country from warfare while the king and the government had left their duties, but Quisling was sentenced to death and executed in the old fortress Akershus in Oslo on 24 October 1945.
Dawn of Man[]
Art by RawSasquatch
Vidkun Quisling, your loyal forces stand ready to serve the future of Norway. As founder of Norway's fascist National Gathering party, you sought to bring forth a state that exalted the Norwegian people's heritage. However, where at first Hitler's invasion in 1940 did not see your designs come to fruition, the intractable resistance of King Haakon VII meant - if by Hitler's own reluctance - you would eventually be chosen to facilitate the Nazi regime in Norway, earning you the legacy of her greatest traitor.
Though your name may bear the loins of treachery, you alone mean to bring forth Norway's greatness. Can you do what must be done to ensure Norway survives into a dawning future? Can you choose wisely those who would otherwise be enemies to become allies? Can you build a civilization that can stand the test of time?
Introduction: "Hail, hail! I am Vidkung Quisling, leader of the Norwegian people. Or, I mean I ought to be. Unless you wanted to be, of course. Shall we talk?"
Defeat: "I was only trying to do what was best for the Norwegian people. You believe me, right?"
Unique Attributes[]
Norway (Vidkun Quisling)
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The National Gathering During war, can Occupy own cities. These cities share in global Building and Unit |
  Art by RawSasquatch |
Hirden (Marine)
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  Art by RawSasquatch |
Statspolitiet (Police Station)
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City List
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Spy List
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Music[]
Mod Support[]
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Additional Achievements
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Ethnic Units/R.E.D.
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Map Labels
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Unique Cultural Influence
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YnAEMP
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Additional Achievements[]
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In Your Face, Terboven! | Beat the game on any difficulty setting as Norway under Vidkun Quisling. |
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Are We The Baddies? | As Norway under Vidkun Quisling, hold a Public Opinion of Revolutionary Wave while Autocracy is your Ideology. |
Full Credits List[]
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| Latest Version: | v 1 |
| Last Updated: | October 2025 |
- JFD: Author.
- DarthKyofu: Artwork (Civilization Icon)
- RawSasquatch: Artwork
- Zharques: Research (City List)
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