History of the Norwegian Police Service

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The Norwegian Police Service is the civilian police agency for Norway. The police service dates to the 13th century when sheriffs were first appointed. The first chief of police was appointed for Trondheim in 1686, and Oslo received a uniformed police corps in 1859. Police districts were introduced in 1894, with the current structure dating from 2003.

History

The police force in Norway was established during the 13th century. Originally the 60 to 80 sheriffs (

Christianssand in 1776.[1]

Norwegian police constables in 1908

From the 19th century deputies were hired in larger areas to assist the sheriffs. Neither the

Ministry of Justice and the Police were created in 1818 and have since had the primary responsibility of organizing the police force. The 19th century saw a large increase in the number of chiefs of police, increasing to sixteen by the middle of the century. Christiana established the country's first uniformed corps of constables from 1859, which gave the force a more unified appearance. Similar structures were soon introduced in many other cities. From 1859 the municipalities would finance the wages of the deputies and constables, which made it difficult for the police to use those forces outside the municipal borders.[1] The first organized education of police officers started in Christiana in 1889.[2]

The fogd position was decided abolished in 1894 and it was decided that some of its tasks would be transferred to the sheriffs. This resulted in 26 new chief of police positions, largely corresponding to the old fogderi areas (bailiwicks). Some received both cities and rural areas, other just rural areas. At the same time the existing police districts were expanded to include the surrounding rural areas. However, the individual fogd were not removed from office until their natural retirement, leaving some in place until 1919. This removed the difference between the rural and city police forces; however, the sheriffs were only subordinate to the chief of police in police matters—in civil matters and administration they remained under the county governors.[1]

The police school was established in 1920

Mobile Police Service,[4] while the former State Police
was discontinued.

After a border agreement was reached between Norway and the Soviet Union in 1949, the Norwegian Border Commission was established the following year.[5] The Criminal Investigation Service was established in 1959.[4] The search and rescue system with two joint coordination centers and sub-centers for each police district was created in 1970.[6]

The number of police districts was nearly constant from 1894 to 2002, although a few have been creased and closed.

Økokrim was established in 1988[7] and in 1994 the administrative responsibilities for the sheriff's offices was transferred to police districts.[1] The police school became a university college in 1993 and introduced a three-year education; in 1998 a second campus opened in Bodø.[2] Police Reform 2000 was a major restructuring of the police force. First the National Police Directorate was created in 2001.[8] From 2003 the number of police districts was reduced from 54 to 27.[1] The Police Computing and Material Service and the Criminal Investigation Service were both established in 2004.[7] Ten police officers have been killed in service since 1945.[9]

References

  1. ^
    Ministry of Justice and the Police. 12 January 2001. Archived
    from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "Historie" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Police University College. Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  3. ISBN 82-90307-55-1
    .
  4. ^
    Ministry of Justice and the Police. 12 January 2001. Archived
    from the original on 27 April 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  5. Norwegian Border Commission. p. 41. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 14 August 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2007.
  6. Ministry of Justice and the Police. Archived
    (PDF) from the original on 22 May 2013. Retrieved 18 August 2012.
  7. ^
    Ministry of Justice and the Police. 24 June 2005. Archived
    from the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  8. National Police Directorate (2010). "The Police in Norway" (PDF). p. 7. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 13 September 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
  9. ^ "Ti politimenn drept siden krigen". Dagbladet (in Norwegian). 4 March 2010. Archived from the original on 10 October 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
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