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Died. Johan Nygaardsvold, 72, Norway's Premier in exile during World War II; in Trondheim. Scorning demands of unconditional surrender when the Germans invaded his country in 1940, he turned 80% of the Norwegian fleet over to the Allies, organized last-ditch resistance until, barely escaping Germans and Quislings, he fled to England...
...first of Europe's kings to be pushed out of his country by the Nazis was the first to come back. In London Norway's Haakon VII waited for a symbolic date before following Premier Johan Nygaardsvold and the members of the Norwegian Government in Exile who returned to Oslo last week. The homing officials were somewhat uncertain about the changes in Norway's political climate during their absence. But seldom has a returning Government in Exile been so warmly welcomed. Hundreds of fjordside villagers went out in small boats to meet the liner which brought Nygaardsvold...
Canny Premier Nygaardsvold at once announced his Cabinet's resignation, to take effect when King Haakon returned on June 7, fifth anniversary of the King's flight to Britain, 40th anniversary of the birth of modern Norway...
...core of the dispute has been the Yugoslav Government-in-Exile, whose hard work has been overshadowed by a stubborn desire to pin down their country to the pre-war status quo. This attitude stands in sharp contrast to that of Norway's Prime Minister Johan Nygaardsvold, who last week in a message to his people outlined post-war reconstruction plans, and added: "The present Government does not do this with any thought that it is to retain power and look after the administration of Norway after the liberation...
...station high in Telemark kept broadcasting the fugitive Government's reports, German troops found and destroyed it lest South Norway hear more. No Oslo newspaper could publish until it had agreed to print the manifesto of Norse-Nazi Major Vidkun Quisling's junto. Arbeiderbladet, organ of Premier Nygaardsvold's Party, refused and suspended. Arbeideren, Norwegian Communist paper, readily acceded and reappeared urging abandonment of "provocative resistance...