Folklore Fights the Nazis: Humor in Occupied Norway, 1940–1945

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Index Note: In the Norwegian alphabet, the letters tl!, 0, and a follow Z, and consequently have the same sequence in this index. Aasland, Geburg (church organist), 35, 220n. 31 Acrostics, 77-78. See also Journalistic resistance Aesopian language, 78. See also Journalistic resistance Afrika Korps. See Rommel Al-Alamein, 173-74, 247n. 8 Allied Forces, 181-84, 199-201, 203, 206; bombing of German cities, 149, 194-95; D day 247n. 9, 248n. 18; invasion of occupied Norway, 128, 162-63; raids on Norwegian coast, 84-86, 163, 245n. 6 Altmark Affair, 27, 218n. 16 American Armed Forces, 97-98, 166, 247n. 8, 248n. 18 Anticommunist humor. See Eastern Bloc humor Anti-Nazi demonstration(s), 71-73; boycott of Nazi lectures 125, 236n. 3; Nazi overreaction to, 73, 92, 228n. 2; nisse as, 93-95, 139-40, 232n. 8; nisselue as, 72, 73, 93-96, 100, 153; paper clip as, 71; red clothing as 72; slogans as, 73, 77; at the theater, 238n. 20. See also Cold shoulder tactic ; Journalistic resistance Anti-Nazi humor. See Jossing humor Anti-Nazi sentiment, 36, 100-104, 227n. 1, 228n. 5; German 50, 219n. 22, 224n. 24 and 25, 229n. 14; humor's emphasis on, 24-27, 30. See also Anti-Nazi demonstrations; Normative pressure to collectivism and anti-Nazism Anti-Nazi solidarity, 208; growth of, 89, 92-93; importance of expressing 95, 97. See also Resistance, development of Aryan race, 25, 66, 91, 115-16, 219n. 19. See also Lebensborn organization ; Nazi ideology; racial policy Atlantic Wall. See Fortress Europe Austvagoy raid. See Raids, Allied on Norwegian coast Automobiles, scarcity of, 244n. 19 Avleberg, Per (illustrator), 38 Axis: Rome-Berlin, 170, 182, 183, 196 Bahr, Willy (illustrator), 150 Barter system (byttehandel), 145-46, 182, 197, 242n. 11 Battle of Britain, 170, 160-64, 192, 223n. 14, 245nn. 2 and 8 BBC broadcasts, 74, 114, 117, 162, 222n. 9, 223n. 15, 228n. 8; illegal listening to, 79, 81-82, 128, 154-55, 162, 228n. 9, 223n. 15; popularity of, 80-82; significance of, 230n. 16. See also Radios: confiscation of Belgium, 31, 111 Britain, 63-64, 201, 205, 218nn. 13 and 16, 223n. 16; and Hess, Rudolf, 16669 ; in Jossing humor, 64, 161-66; Mediterranean warfare of, 171-72; mining of Norwegian coast by, 24, 105, 109, 217n. 6; negative initial impression made by, 23-24, 164-66, 205, 217n. 4; Norwegian impatience with, 91, 164-66; as portrayed in Snorri the Seal, 91-93; Soviet alliance with, 178; unlikely victory of, 205-6, 234n. 3; V-symbol and, 111, 115. See also Battle of Britain; Escape to England Bergen's tjuagutter (street urchins): as 263 264 FOLKLORE FIGHTS THE NAZIS motif in Jossing humor, 33, 65, 104, 163-64 Berlin: fall of, 196, 199-201 Bjornson, Bjorn (son of Bjornstjerne), 133,157 Bjornson, Bjornstjerne (patriot and poet), 18,44, 133, 191,221, 237n. 17 Bjornson, Erling (son of Bjornstjerne ), 237n. 17 Bjornoya: threat of exiling Nazis to, 198, 250n. 16 Birth control: Nazi view of, 68 Birthrate in occupied Norway, 67-68 Black market and corruption, 143-45 Blackouts (blending), 62, 149, 203, 227n.6 Blindness: as motif in Jossing humor, 123 Blix, Elias (poet), 189, 248n. 5 Blix, Ragnvald [pseudo Stig Hook] (illustrator ), 40, 42, 80, 178-79,221 n. 5 Blucher: sinking of, 23, 217n. 1, 235n. 10 Bolshevism, 105, 108, 110, 111, 113, 114, 199, 234n. 5 Bombing of German cities, 149, 194-95 Borchgrevink, Ridley (illustrator), 142, 242n. 10 Brauchitsch, Field Marshal Walter von, 192"-93, 249n. 11 Brown shirts, 41, 51. See also Hird Burned earth tactic. See North Norway , destruction of Bo, Finn, 216n. 1 Capitalism, 199, 234n. 5 Card playing: as motif in Jossing humor , 61, 149, 228n. 4 Censorship: press, 79,115-17, 228n. 3; radio, 80-82, 118; theater, 238n. 20 Chamberlain, Prime Minister Neville, 52-53, 166, 217n. 1, 246n. 10 Chat Noir (Oslo cabaret), 134, 238n. 20, 244n. 19 Christerson, Solveig Maj (diarist), 13; Christmas without pork, 139-40, 146. See also Elvas, Majsol; Shortages ; Underground Christmas cards Churchill, Winston, 39, 111, 149, 166, 181-82, 194, 217n. 1, 246n. 10 Clandestine messages. See Acrostics; Aesopian language; Journalistic resistance Cold shoulder tactic, 26-31, 152, 206, 218nn. 8 and 19 Collaboration, 17, 24, 37, 57, 64, 125, 218n. 11, 226n. 2, 237n. 13; economic , 213, 236n. 8, 237n. 14, 243n. 18. See also Bjornson, Erling; German war front: Norwegians fighting on; Hamsun, Knut Communism. See Bolshevism; Eastern Bloc humor Compulsory work...