Ole Wehus
{{Short description|Norwegian police officer (1909–1947)}}
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{{Infobox criminal
| name = Ole Wehus
| birth_date = {{birth date|1909|6|25|df=y}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1947|3|10|1909|6|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kristiansand, Norway
| death_place = Akershus Fortress, Oslo, Norway
| image =
| caption =
| module = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes
| allegiance = {{Flag icon|Nazi Germany}} Nazi Germany
| serviceyears = 1942–1945
| rank = Norwegian STAPO (police) officer/Gestapo agent
| commands =
| unit = STAPO 1942–1945
| battles = World War II
}}
| criminal_penalty = Death
| conviction_status = Executed
| conviction = Treason
| death_cause = Execution by firing squad
}}
Ole Wehus (25 June 1909 – 10 March 1947) was a Norwegian police official and member of the fascist party Nasjonal Samling who was sentenced to death and executed in 1947.
Life and career
Wehus was born in Kristiansand on 25 June 1909. During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he was appointed as a police officer for the Statspolitiet (State Police, STAPO) from the spring of 1942 until the end of the war. He served most of the period in Kristiansand, where he cooperated with the Gestapo at their local headquarters, known as Arkivet.{{cite book |title=De dødsdømte |first =Asbjørn |last=Jaklin |year=2011 |location=Oslo |publisher=Gyldendal |language=no |pages=170–181 |isbn=978-82-05-41088-6}}
In the legal purge after the war, he was tried for 48 accounts of torture and maltreatment of his own countrymen, often in a more brutal way than he was ordered. He was also found guilty of two counts of complicity to murder. Wehus was sentenced to death by the Supreme Court of Norway for treason in February 1947, and executed by firing squad at Akershus Fortress on 10 March the same year.[http://dokumenteneforteller.tumblr.com/post/119440539633/landssviksaken-mot-ole-wehus-h%C3%B8yesterett-avsa-44 LANDSSVIKSAKEN MOT OLE WEHUS] National Archives of Norway, blog {{in lang|no}}[http://www.stiftelsen-arkivet.no/norske-kollaboratorer-pa-arkivet Norske kollaboratører på Arkivet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160519233048/http://www.stiftelsen-arkivet.no/norske-kollaboratorer-pa-arkivet |date=19 May 2016}} Arkivet education- and documentation centre {{in lang|no}}
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Category:Executed Norwegian collaborators with Nazi Germany
Category:Norwegian police officers convicted of murder
Category:Norwegian people convicted of war crimes
Category:People from Kristiansand
Category:Members of Nasjonal Samling
Category:People convicted of torture
Category:Police officers executed for murder
Category:Police officers executed for treason
Category:People convicted of murder by Norway
Category:Statspolitiet personnel
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