Norwegian Police Security Service
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The Norwegian Police Security Service (Template:Lang, Template:Lang) is the police security agency of Norway. The agency was previously known as POT (Template:Lang or Police Surveillance Agency), the name change was decided by the Parliament of Norway on 2 June 2001.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
History and organization
The service was established in 1937 by direction of the Ministry of Justice led by Trygve Lie.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> It is responsible for monitoring and maintaining interior security in Norway. Known operational departments include counterintelligence unit, counterterrorism unit, counterproliferation and organized crime unit, counterextremism unit, investigation unit, surveillance unit, technology unit, security analysis unit and foreign citizens unit. In addition, PST is in charge of all VIP protection domestically and abroad<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> except for the royal family, which has its own independent escort service.
PST is, unlike all ordinary police services, not subordinated to the National Police Directorate, but placed directly under the Ministry of Justice and Public Security. The agency is monitored by the Norwegian Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee, after the debates concerning the Lund Report.
The organization consists of Template:Lang (central unit) which is located in Nydalen, Oslo, as well as regional offices in all the police regions.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Directors
This is a list of the directors of the agency.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
- 1957–1966 : Asbjørn Bryhn
- 1967–1982 : Gunnar Haarstad
- 1982–1990 : Jostein Erstad
- 1990–1991 : Svein Urdal
- 1991–1993 : Jan Grøndahl (acting)
- 1993–1996 : Hans Olav Østgaard
- 1996–1997 : Ellen Holager Andenæs (acting)
- 1997–2003 : Per Sefland
- 2003–2004 : Arnstein Øverkil (acting)
- 2004–2009 : Jørn Holme
- 2009 : Roger Berg (acting)
- 2009–2012 : Janne Kristiansen
- 2012 : Roger Berg (acting)
- 2012–2019 : Marie Benedicte Bjørnland
- 2019–2022: Hans Sverre Sjøvold<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
- 2022- : Beate Gangås<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
References
External links
- Official website (in Norwegian)
- Instruction for the Norwegian Police Security Service (in Norwegian)
- Law on oversight of Intelligence, Surveillance and Security Agencies Template:In lang
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