Arbeidstjenesten
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- Published: 01 June 2013 01 June 2013
- Last Updated: 01 June 2013 01 June 2013
The Arbeidstjenesten (AT) (Labor Service) was formed in Norway in September 1940 as local version of the Reichsarbeitsdienst but the root dates back to the 1930s and the non-Nazi voluntary organization Arbeidsfylkingen. It was under the control of the local Nazi party, Nasjonal Samling.
After the invasion of the Soviet Union a large number of AT officers volunteered, ending up in the Freiwilligen Legion Norwegen.
The commander of the AT, Carl Frølich Hanssen, was sentenced to seven years in prison post-war.
Commander
Carl Frølich-Hansen
Ranks
AT-general
AT-stabsjef
Brigadefører
Nestbrigadefører
Fylkingsfører
Sveitfører
Nestsveitfører
Troppsfører
Lagfører
Nestlagfører
Mannskap
AT-General Carl Frølich-Hansen
(Courtesy of Arne Håkon)
Sources used
Hans Fredrik Dahl - Quisling: A Study in Treachery
Richard Landwehr - Frontfighters: The Norwegian Volunteer Legion of the Waffen-SS
David Littlejohn - Foreign legions of the Third Reich, vol 1
Reference material on this unit
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