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Harald Damsleth (16 August 1906 – 1 March 1971) was a Norwegiancartoonist, illustrator and ad-man. Damsleth was a member of Norway’s home-grown fascist party, Nasjonal Samling, and became their most ardent propagandist after they came to power under German occupation in 1942.

Damsleth is best known as a pro-Nazi propagandist for his posters for Nasjonal Samling (NS) during World War II.

Early life and work

Born in Bremen on 16 August 1906,^[1] Harald Damsleth had a Norwegian father and German mother.

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His father soon returned to Norway to work at Fredrikstad Mekaniske Verksted, whereas Harald Damsleth lived with his mother until the age of eleven. Upon his mother's death in 1917, Damsleth moved to Norway^[2] to grow up with his godfather, bank director Erling Sandberg.^[3] During a study tenure in Germany from 1929 to 1931, Damsleth met the German citizen Liselotte Friedmann, whom he engaged to marry.

She did not move to Norway u