Einar Grill Fasting was a Norwegian businessperson and Nazi politician.

In 1933 he co-founded the local branch of the Norwegian Fascist party Nasjonal Samling in Hamar

Hamar

is a town and municipality in Hedmark county, Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Hedmarken. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Hamar. The municipality of Hamar was separated from Vang as a town and municipality of its own in 1849...

. He became the city leader (Führer

Führer

Führer , alternatively spelled Fuehrer in both English and German when the umlaut is not available, is a German title meaning leader or guide now most associated with Adolf Hitler, who modelled it on Benito Mussolini's title il Duce, as well as with Georg von Schönerer, whose followers also...

), whereas townsman Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie

Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie (Nazi)

Wilhelm Frimann Koren Christie was a Norwegian jurist and Nazi collaborator. He is best known as director of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation for some time during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany....

 became county leader. Compared to elsewhere in Norway, the party was relatively successful in Hamar, winning two city council seats in its first election outing. Fasting also chaired the local sports club Hamar IL

Hamar IL

Hamar Idrettslag is a Norwegian sports club from Hamar. It has sections for bandy, curling, association football, athletics, sport shooting, rowing, speed skating, diving, swimming, tennis and gymnastics....

 from 1930 to 1934.

On 9 April 1940 Norway was invaded by Nazi Germany

Operation Weserübung

Operation Weserübung was the code name for Germany's assault on Denmark and Norway during the Second World War and the opening operation of the Norwegian Campaign...

. During the subsequent occupation, Fasting was installed by Germans as mayor of Hamar on 1 January 1941. He was a member of Germanske SS Norge, and was enrolled in the Norwegian Legion

Norwegian Legion

During World War II, the Norwegian Legion was formed by the Waffen-SS on 29 June 1941 in German-occupied Norway. Volunteers were assured that it would be a Norwegian unit with Norwegian officers, uniforms and language and that its area of operations would be Finland. Instead, the Norwegians were...

 of Waffen-SS

Waffen-SS

The Waffen-SS was a multi-ethnic and multi-national military force of the Third Reich. It constituted the armed wing of the Schutzstaffel or SS, an organ of the Nazi Party. The Waffen-SS saw action throughout World War II and grew from three regiments to over 38 divisions, and served alongside...

. In July 1941 he was installed as chairman of Hamar, Vang og Furnes Kommunale Kraftselskap.

After the Second World War, Fasting was removed from his positions, and was also arrested in May 1945. he was tried for treason as a part of the legal purge

Legal purge in Norway after World War II

When the occupation of Norway ended in May 1945, several thousand Norwegians and foreign citizens were tried and convicted for various acts that the occupying powers sanctioned...

. In October 1946 in Hamar City Court he was sentenced to nine years of prison. In December 1948 his case was decided in the Supreme Court of Norway

Supreme Court of Norway

The Supreme Court of Norway was established in 1815 on the basis of the Constitution of Norway's §88, prescribing an independent judiciary. It is located in Oslo and is Norway's highest court...

, where the sentence was reduced to seven years. He died in 1958.