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===World War II===

===World War II===

Norway tried and failed to be neutral during [[World War I]], but was invaded by the Germans in 1940<ref>François Kersaudy, ''Norway 1940'' (1991). 272 pp.</ref> and ruled by traitors, led by Quisling.  The king and the government escaped to Britain in 1940, serving as symbolic leader of a nation under occupation by the Nazis.  In 1940–45, sharp jokes about the occupiers circulated widely among Norwegians. The jokes contained contempt for the oppressors, ridicule of Nazi ideology, depictions of the cruelty of Nazi methods, and mockery of the inflated self-image of the Germans. All of the jokes served to boost morale, educate Norwegians about the occupation, and encourage a sense of solidarity.<ref>Kathleen Stokker, "Heil Hitler - God Save the King: Jokes and the Norwegian Resistance 1940-1945." ''Western Folklore'' 1991 50(2): 171-190.</ref>  

Norway tried and failed to be neutral during [[World War I]], but was invaded by the Germans in 1940<ref>François Kersaudy, ''Norway 1940'' (1991). 272 pp.</ref> and ruled by traitors, led by Quisling.  The king and the government escaped to Britain in 1940, serving as symbolic leader of a nation under occupation by the Nazis.  In 1940–45, sharp jokes about the occupiers circulated widely among Norwegians. The jokes contained contempt for the oppressors, ridicule of Nazi ideology, depictions of the cruelty of Nazi methods, and mockery of the inflated self-image of the Germans. All of the jokes served to boost morale, educate Norwegians about the occupation, and encourage a sense of solidarity.<ref>Kathleen Stokker, "[[Heil Hitler]] - God Save the King: Jokes and the Norwegian Resistance 1940-1945." ''Western Folklore'' 1991 50(2): 171-190.</ref>

===Postwar===

===Postwar===