John Thronsen

John Thronsen (12 September 1913 – 24 May 2003[1]) was a Norwegian economist.

From 1933 he was a member of the party Nasjonal Samling (so were his brother Thorvald Thronsen, four other siblings, and both parents), and during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany a career path opened for him. In October 1940 he was appointed as national chief of finance in Nasjonal Samling.[2]

Thronsen was fired in April 1943. The reason was that a corruption case was filed against him, even though he was not found guilty of it. Thronsen claimed that the corruption case was a revenge from Karl Marthinsen and Jørgen Nordvik, whom Thronsen earlier had called out for stealing.[2]

During the legal purge in Norway after World War II he was convicted of treason, and sentenced to eight years of forced labour. He was released already in 1949.[2] He lived in Bærum in his later life.[3]

References
  1. "Cemeteries in Norway" (in Norwegian). DIS-Norge. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  2. Borge, Baard (1995). "Thronsen, John". In Dahl, Hans Fredrik (ed.). Norsk krigsleksikon 1940–45. Oslo: Cappelen. Archived from the original on 15 March 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2010.
  3. "Jubilanter". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 12 September 1998. p. 15.


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