 In particular, the proponents of "riksmål" felt the reforms were a frontal assault on their written language and sensibilities, since many elements of their previous norm – "dannet dagligtale" – were deprecated.However, purists in the "landsmål" camp were also unhappy, feeling that the reforms gutted their language.The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany from 1940 to 1945 took the language issue off the national political scene.