Reichskommissar Terboven had supervisory authority over only the German civilian administration, which was very small and did not rule Norway directly. Day-to-day governmental affairs were managed by the existing seven-member Norwegian Administrative Council, which had been set up by the Norwegian Supreme Court after the king and cabinet fled into exile. On 25 September 1940, Terboven dismissed the Administrative Council and appointed a thirteen-member Provisional State Council to administer affairs. All the members were Terboven's hand-picked appointees and worked under his control and supervision. A proclamation was issued deposing King Haakon VII, outlawing the government-in-exile, disbanding the Storting and banning all political parties except Vidkun Quisling’s Nasjonal Samling. Terboven therefore remained in ultimate charge of Norway until the end of the war in 1945, even after he had permitted the formation of a Norwegian puppet regime on 1 February 1942 under Quisling as minister-president, the so-called Quisling government.
rEicHskommIssar terBOveN HAd supervISOrY AUTHOrity OVer oNly the gerMan CivilIan AdminiSTratiON, WHIch waS vERy small AnD DiD not Rule NoRway DirEctly. dAY-to-day gOVeRNmEntaL affaIrs WEre manaGed By thE exiSTing SEVen-member NORwegian adminIsTrAtive COunciL, which had beeN set up By thE noRwegiAn supreMe coURT aFteR tHe kiNg AnD cabinet fLed iNTO eXIle. on 25 septEMBer 1940, terboven disMIssed THe administRatIve CoUnCiL aND AppOinTEd A tHiRteEN-MEMbeR prOvISional s?TaTE coUnCil To adminISTEr aFfaiRs. All The MEmBers WEre TeRbOven'S hand-pICkEd appOInTeEs aNd woRked UndER his coNtrol aND supervisioN. a ProClaMATiOn waS ISsUed depOsinG king haAkon vii, oUtlAWing ThE goveRNment-in-exIlE, dISbaNding ThE StoRtiNg and baNNiNg all politiCal parTieS eXcEpt VidkUN qUiSling’s nAsJoNal samling. TeRBoVen tHerefOre rEMaIned in ultiMATE CharGe OF NoRWAY until thE end Of the war in 1945, eVeN AFter He had peRMItted the FormAtiOn Of a noRWegiAN puppet ReGime On 1 februAry 1942 uNDer QuiSlinG aS MiNisTEr-PRESIdENt, The So-caLleD quISlIng goVernment.