The Norwegian Police Security Service is the police security agency of Norway. The agency was previously known as POT,the name change was decided by the Parliament of Norway on 2 June 2001.
Arne Treholt was a Norwegian-born,Russia-based convicted felon and KGB agent who was convicted of treason and espionage on behalf of the Soviet Union against Norway during the Cold War and sentenced to 20 years in prison.
Siv Jensen is a Norwegian who served as the leader of the Progress Party from 2006 to 2021. She also held the position as Minister of Finance from 2013 to 2020 in the Solberg Cabinet. She was also a member of the Norwegian parliament from Oslo from 1997 to 2021.
The Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS) or Etterretningstjenesten is a Norwegian military intelligence agency under the Chief of Defence and the Ministry of Defence.
Grete Faremo is a Norwegian politician,lawyer and business leader. From August 2014 to May 2022,she held the post of Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS). During her political career,she held high-level positions in the Norwegian Government including Minister of Justice from 1992-1996 and 2011–2013,Minister of Petroleum and Energy in 1996,Minister of International Development from 1990-1992 and Minister of Defence from 2009–2011.
Fredrik Ludvig Fasting Torgersen was a Norwegian man who was convicted of murder in 1958 in a much-debated case,and released from prison in 1974.
The Baneheia murders was a double rape and murder that occurred in Norway on 19 May 2000. The victims were two girls,10-year-old Lena Sløgedal Paulsen and 8-year-old Stine Sofie Austegard Sørstrønen. They were found raped and killed in the Baneheia area in Kristiansand. The murders received massive media attention in Norway in the early 2000s.
Parliament's Intelligence Oversight Committee,commonly known as the EOS Committee is Norway's body responsible for supervising public intelligence,surveillance and security services. The body has seven members and is appointed by the Parliament of Norway. The oversight is aimed at the Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS),the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST),the National Security Authority (NSM) and the Norwegian Defence Security Service (NORDSS) —these are collectively known as the EOS-services. The committee also oversees intelligence,surveillance and security services that are organized through other public bodies.
Jørn Holme is a Norwegian judge and civil servant.
Arnstein Øverkil was a Norwegian police chief and civil servant.
Ole Berg was a Norwegian military officer. He participated in the defence during the German invasion of Norway in 1940.
The National Criminal Investigation Service,commonly known as Kripos,is a special agency of the Norwegian Police Service. Based at Bryn in Oslo and established in 1959,it is a national unit that works with organized and serious crime. It both works as an assisting unit for police districts,with special focus on technical and tactical investigation,and is responsible on its own for organized crime. It acts as the center for international police cooperation,including participation in Interpol and Europol. It is subordinate to the National Police Directorate. Kripos represents four percent of the Norwegian police force,with nearly 500 employees.
Beate Gangås is a Norwegian police officer and civil servant. She is currently the director of the Norwegian Police Security Service since 2022. She previously served as the Oslo Chief of Police from 2019 to 2022.
The Gjørv Report is a report that was ordered by Norway's parliament,as a consequence of the 2011 Oslo bombing and the following Utøya massacre. The report was delivered to Norway's prime minister,Jens Stoltenberg,on 13 August 2012,one year after the establishment of the "22 July" fact finding commission headed by Alexandra Bech Gjørv. The report found that the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) were aware of Anders Behring Breivik purchasing material components that could be used to produce a bomb,however,intelligence services failed to add Breivik to a watch list to further monitor his activities,the report also cites a "lack of preparedness" by the Norwegian Police Service to locate and mobilize adequate transportation leading to a response time delay for police and rescue operations attempting to gain access to Utøya Island. It also concluded that Anders Breivik could have been prevented from carrying out the Utøya massacre had police adequately responded to a call from a witness identifying Breivik as the suspect of the Oslo bombing twenty minutes prior to the first calls of a mass casualty shooting occurring on Utøya Island.
The European Defence League (EDL) is a largely UK-based offshoot of the English Defence League founded by Tommy Robinson which campaigns against what it considers sharia law and itself has various offshoots. The group was set up in October 2010 and held its first demonstration that month in Amsterdam,Netherlands,at the trial of Dutch anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders.
Marie Benedicte Bjørnland is a Norwegian lawyer. She is the current Director of Police since 2019,and was the head of the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) from 2012 to 2019.
Occupied is a Norwegian political thriller TV series that premiered on TV2 on 5 October 2015. Based on an original idea by Jo Nesbø,the series is co-created with Karianne Lund and Erik Skjoldbjærg. Season 2 premiered on 10 October 2017. The third and final season started airing in Scandinavia on 5 December 2019,and was released in many countries via Netflix on 31 December 2019.
Emilie Enger Mehl is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. She has served as minister of justice since 2021 and member of parliament for Hedmark since 2017.
Hans Sverre Sjøvold is a Norwegian civil servant and former police chief. He served as the director of the Norwegian Police Security Service from 2019 until his resignation in 2022 following an illegal weapons storage scandal. He had previously served as the Oslo Chief of Police from 2012 to 2019.
Lan Marie Nguyen Berg is a Norwegian politician from the Green Party. She currently serves as an MP for Oslo since 2021 and as one of the party's deputy leaders since 2022. Berg previously served as Oslo City Commissioner for transport and the environment from 2015 to 2021,when she resigned following a confidence vote.
