Nikolaus von Falkenhorst

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Nikolaus von Falkenhorst
Von Falkenhorst in April 1940
Birth name	Paul Nikolaus von Jastrzembski
Born	(1885-01-17)17 January 1885 Breslau, Silesia, Prussia, German Empire
Died	18 June 1968(1968-06-18) (aged 83) Holzminden, Lower Saxony, West Germany
Allegiance	German Empire  Weimar Republic  Nazi Germany
Service / branch	Army
Years of service	1903–1944
Rank	Generaloberst
Commands	Army Norway (Wehrmacht)
Battles / wars	World War I World War II Norwegian Campaign Continuation War
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Relations	Erich Dethleffsen (son-in-law)

Paul Nikolaus von Falkenhorst (17 January 1885 – 18 June 1968) was a German general and war criminal during World War II. He planned and commanded the German invasion of Denmark and Norway in 1940, and was commander of German troops during the occupation of Norway from 1940 to 1944.

After the war, Falkenhorst was tried by a joint British-Norwegian military tribunal for war crimes. He was convicted and sentenced to death in 1946. The sentence was later commuted to twenty years' imprisonment. Falkenhorst was released in 1953 and died in 1968.