National Legion (Norway)

The party was founded at a public meeting at a circus, Cirkus Verdensteatret, in Oslo in May 1927.

The event was hosted by the party's leader, Karl Meyer, "Norway's strongest man", a businessman and stock trader with a history of fraud cases.

[1] Author and social commentator Erling Winsnes was another leading figure.

[2] Influenced by Italian Fascism,[3][4] Meyer sought a "March on Oslo", with a parade of "100.000 farmers" that would make "the walls of Jericho crumble".

[7] Besides meetings at the circus, the party had little impact, and was dissolved in early 1928 amid internal conflicts and public brawls.

Demonstrators during the 1927 election. The second to right individual on the is a member of the National Legion.