Editing Nasjonal Samling (section)

=== Post-war ===
The post-war authorities proscribed the party and prosecuted its members as collaborators. Nearly 50,000 were brought to trial, approximately half of whom received prison sentences.<ref>[https://www.ssb.no/a/histstat/nos/nos_xi_179.pdf SSB statistikk p.13] ''SSB statistikk''</ref> The authorities executed Quisling for treason as well as a few other high-profile NS members, and prominent German officials in Norway, for war crimes. The sentences' lawfulness has been questioned, however, as Norway did not have [[capital punishment]] in peace-time, and the [[Constitution of Norway|Norwegian constitution]] at the time stipulated that capital punishment for war crimes had to be carried out during actual wartime.{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}

Another issue of post-war treatment has been the ongoing Hamsun debate in Norway. The author [[Knut Hamsun]], although never a member, was a well-known NS sympathiser.<ref>Monika Žagar, ''Knut Hamsun: The Dark Side of Literary Brilliance'' (2009), p. 182</ref> After the war, Hamsun was, however, deemed mentally unfit to stand trial, and the issue of his links to the party has never been properly resolved. Hamsun's status as a [[Nobel Prize]] laureate also results in his ties to NS being a sensitive subject.