Johan Andreas Lippestad
Johan Andreas Lippestad | |
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Johan Andreas Lippestad | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 December 1902 Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway |
| Died | 7 November 1961 (aged 58) Oslo |
| Political party | Nasjonal Samling |
| Relations | Emma Hjorth (aunt) Carl Thorvald Lippestad (cousin) |
| Parent | Johan Anton Lippestad |
Johan Andreas Lippestad (19 December 1902 – 7 November 1961) was a Norwegian minister in the NS government of Vidkun Quisling, from 1941 to 1945. He was responsible for the evacuation of Finnmark in 1944, together with Jonas Lie. In the post-war legal purges in Norway he was convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment with forced labour. He was released from prison in 1956.
Lippestad died in Oslo on 7 November 1961, at the age of 58.