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About Mikal Sylten
- Mikal Peder Olaus Sylten (27 July 1873 – 27 November 1964) was a Norwegian writer. Originally a typographer, from 1916 he published a periodical, Nationalt Tidsskrift.
- It was staunchly anti-semitic, and Sylten took up the swastika as a symbol in 1917, three years before Adolf Hitler chose to do so.
- He also published a pamphlet called Hvem er hvem i jødeverdenen, "Who's Who in the Jewish World", in 1925.
- In it, Sylten catalogued Jews or presumed Jews in Norway.
- New editions followed in 1932, 1938 and 1941.Because of his interest in Jewish affairs, Sylten was used as a consultant for the national socialist authorities during the German occupation of Norway.
- He also enrolled in Nasjonal Samling, at that time the only legal party, on 1 March 1942.
- However, he was described as an "outsider" and was never directly active in the party.
- He had some contact with other anti-Semitic publishers, such as Alf Amble who ran the periodical VÃ¥r kamp.As part of the legal purge in Norway after World War II, Sylten was sentenced to fifteen months of forced labour.
- In addition, his periodical was stopped.
- He emigrated to Malmö, Sweden, in 1964, and died the same year.
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