Johan Andreas Lippestad
Birth date19 December 1902[1]
Birth placeKristiania (now Oslo), Norway[1]
Death date7 November 1961 (aged 58)
Death placeOslo
PartyNasjonal Samling
ParentsJohan Anton Lippestad[1]
RelationsEmma Hjorth (aunt)[1]
Carl Thorvald Lippestad (cousin)

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.[2]

Lippestad died in Oslo on 7 November 1961, at the age of 58.[1]

References

  1. ^ Dahl, Hans Fredrik. "Johan Lippestad" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Bolstad, Erik (ed.). Oslo: Norsk nettleksikon. Retrieved 8 January 2025.
  2. ^ Sørensen, Øystein (1995). "Lippestad, Johan" (in Norwegian). Norsk krigsleksikon 1940-45. Dahl; Hjeltnes; Nøkleby; Ringdal; Sørensen (eds.). Oslo: Cappelen. p. 249. ISBN 82-02-14138-9. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 27 September 2009.