Roald Rachlew Dysthe (16 April 1903–28 December 1997[1]) was a Norwegian businessperson and acquitted Nazi collaborator.
At the same time he was a member of NS, although he claimed the reason for his membership was to inform the Germans about party affairs.
[4] Among others, he contributed to the downfall of Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie as president of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK).
NRK had earlier been scrutinized by police inspector Gard Holtskog; however he advised to keep Christie and to limit the German influence.
Historian Hans Fredrik Dahl has referred to Dysthe's company as a "pure parasite".
[12][13] Nordisk Radio-Press was the publisher of Norsk Programblad,[12] but it went bankrupt in 1941 when the authorities confiscated all radios (except for those belonging to Nasjonal Samling members).
He was sentenced to six years of forced labour, 320,000 kr payable in compensation and the loss of his civil rights.
[4] This was not uncontroversial as he probably contributed to the saving of many Norwegian lives, both by persuading German forces to enforce milder penalties, but also by leaking information.