Oliver Møystad

{{Short description|Norwegian soldier, engineer, and farmer (1892–1956)}}

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| image = File:Vidkun Quisling og Oliver Møystad (hirdsjef og sjef for sikkerhetspolitiet) inspiserer Rikshirden.jpg

| caption = Vidkun Quisling and Oliver Møystad (behind Quisling, in a dark uniform) inspecting Rikshirden

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1892|06|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Hernes, Elverum, Norway

| death_date = {{death date and age|1956|06|28|1892|06|15|df=y}}

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| party = Nasjonal Samling (1933–1945)

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| parents = Hans Møystad
Marthine Emerentze Cappele

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| relations = Diderich Cappelen Møystad (brother)
Georg Jacob Falck Bull (brother-in-law)

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|embed_title = Military Service

| allegiance = {{flagicon|Norway}} Norway

| branch = Norwegian Army

| serviceyears = 1940

| unit = Østoppland Infantry Regiment No. 5

| rank = Captain

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| battles = {{Tree list}}

• Second World War
• Norwegian Campaign
• Battle of Midtskogen

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Oliver Møystad (15 June 1892 – 28 June 1956) was a Norwegian engineer, farmer and forest owner. During the Norwegian Campaign in April 1940 he commanded Norwegian troops at the Battle of Midtskogen. During the German occupation of Norway, he served as leader of the collaborationist security police from 1941 to 1943, and Hirden from 1942 to 1944. After the war, Møystad was convicted of treason, sentenced to 10 years of forced labor, and fined NOK 150,000 during the legal purge in Norway after World War II. He was released in 1950.{{cite encyclopedia |last=Borge |first=Baard |authorlink=Baard Borge | encyclopedia=Norsk krigsleksikon 1940–1945 |title=Møystad, Oliver |language=Norwegian |editor=Dahl |editor2=Hjeltnes |editor3=Nøkleby |editor4=Ringdal |editor5=Sørensen |url= |accessdate= |year=1995 |publisher=Cappelen |location=Oslo |isbn=82-02-14138-9 |page=282 }}