Reidar Haaland

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Reidar Haaland (1919 - August 17, 1945) was a policeman from Stavanger, Norway and a voluntary frontline soldier for the German forces. A member of Nasjonal Samling, he became the first Norwegian to receive the death sentence during the post-World War II trials, and was executed on August 17, 1945 at Akershus Fortress, Oslo for treason.

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• [1995] Dahl, Hans Fredrik: Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Cappelen. ISBN 82-02-14138-9. (available online)