Undersøkelseskommisjonen av 1945

Undersøkelseskommisjonen av 1945 was a commission appointed by the Parliament of Norway in 1945 and chaired by Gustav Heiberg, given the task to investigate the role of the three branches of power; the Norwegian Parliament, Government and Supreme Court as well as the Administrative Council in 1940.^[1] The six reports with nine annexes published by the commission in 1946 and 1947,^{[2][3][4][5][6]} are regarded as an important source on the events in 1940.^[1]

Commission members

• Gustav Adolf Lammers Heiberg (chairman)
• Arne Bergsgård
• Ernst Fredrik Eckhoff
• Ole Hallesby
• Arnold Holmboe
• Sverre Steen
• Nils Nilsen Thune
• Helge Sivertsen (secretary).

Reports

• I. Foreign and defence policy under Nygaardsvold's Cabinet until 7 June 1940 (with eight annexes, 1–8)
• II. Administrative Council
• III. Riksrådsforhandlingene (with annex 9)
• IV. The Supreme Court
• V. County governors and new organization of the municipalities in 1940
• VI. Undertakings of the Cabinet Nygaardsvold from 7 June 1940 to 25 June 1945

Annexes

• 1. Sivertsen, Helge. Tysklands planer om overfall på Norge (in Norwegian). 
• 2. Nordlie, J.H. Kort oversikt over kampene i Norge våren 1940 (in Norwegian). 
• 3. Bergsgård, Arne. Utenrikspolitikken til april 1940 (in Norwegian). 
• 4. "Altmark"-saken (in Norwegian). 
• 5. Holmboe, Arnold. Norsk forsvarspolitikk før 9. april 1940 (in Norwegian). 
• 6. Den sivile beredskapspolitikk til 9. april 1940 (in Norwegian). 
• 7. Aprildagene 1940 (in Norwegian). 
• 8. Norsk politikk 9. april – 1. juni 1940 (in Norwegian). 
• 9. Steen, Sverre. Riksrådsforhandlingene (in Norwegian). 

References