Josef Antonius Heinrich Terboven (23 May 1898 – 8 May 1945) was a German Nazi Party official and politician who was the long-serving Gauleiter of Gau Essen
executive power was retained by the Reichskommissariat Norwegen, headed by JosefTerboven. Vidkun Quisling, Fører of the Nasjonal Samling party, first tried to
Occupied Norwegian Territories"). It was governed by Reichskommissar JosefTerboven until his deposition on 7 May 1945. The German military forces in Norway
state administration jointly with the German civilian administrator, JosefTerboven. His pro-Nazi puppet government, known as the Quisling regime, was dominated