List of police districts in Norway

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There are twelve police districts in Norway. The Norwegian Police Service provides police services across the Kingdom of Norway. The size and number of police districts has varied over time. THe most recent police reform was in 2016 which created the current police districts.[1]

Current structure[edit]

Police District Headquarters Notes
Oslo Police District Oslo Covers the municipalities of Oslo, Asker, and Bærum.
East Police District Ski Covers all of Østfold county and most of Akershus county except for Asker and Bærum (part of Oslo Police District), Lunner (part of Innlandet Police District), and Jevnaker (part of Southeast Police District).
Innlandet Police District Hamar Covers all of Innlandet county plus Lunner Municipality in Akershus county.
Southeast Police District Tønsberg Covers all of Buskerud, Telemark, and Vestfold counties plus Jevnaker Municipality from Akershus county.
Agder Police District Kristiansand Covers all of Agder county except for Sirdal Municipality (part of West Police District)
Southwest Police District Stavanger Covers all of Rogaland county plus Sveio, Etne, Bømlo, Fitjar, and Stord municipalities in Vestland county.
West Police District Bergen Covers all of Vestland county except for Sveio, Etne, Bømlo, Fitjar, and Stord municipalities (part of Southwest Police District).
Møre og Romsdal Police District Ålesund Covers all of Møre og Romsdal county.
Trøndelag Police District Trondheim Covers all of Trøndelag county plus Bindal Municipality in Nordland county.
Nordland Police District Bodø Covers all of Nordland county except Bindal Municipality (part of Trøndelag Police District) and also includes Gratangen Municipality in Troms county.
Troms Police District Tromsø Covers all of Troms county except Gratangen Municipality (part of Nordland Police District).
Finnmark Police District Kirkenes Covers all of Finnmark county.

History[edit]

2002-2016 divisions[edit]

The following is a list of police districts in Norway. It lists the head office location, the chief of police, the number of employees (2011),[2] the number of rural and location stations, the population the district covers and the area it covers,[3] including important non-Schengen Area borders.

List of former police districts
Police district Head office Chief of police Empl. Loc. Pop. Notes Ref
Agder Kristiansand Kirsten Lindeberg 676 27 280,000 Covers Aust-Agder and Vest-Agder counties except Sirdal Municipality [4]
Asker and Bærum Sandvika Torodd Veiding 352 2 170,000 Covers Asker Municipality and Bærum Municipality in Akershus county [5]
Central Hålogaland Harstad Elisabeth Kaas 284 17 120,000 Covers the Lofoten, Ofoten and Vesterålen districts of Nordland county (Narvik, Tysfjord, Lødingen, Tjeldsund, Evenes, Ballangen, Flakstad, Vestvågøy, Vågan, Hadsel, Bø, Øksnes, Sortland, Andøy, Moskenes) and southern parts of Troms county (Harstad, Kvæfjord, Skånland, Bjarkøy, Ibestad, Gratangen, Lavangen, Salangen) [6]
Follo Ski 332 2 180,000 Covers the Follo district of Akershus county (Vestby, Ski, Ås, Frogn, Nesodden, Oppegård, Enebakk) and the inner parts of Østfold county (Trøgstad, Spydeberg, Askim, Eidsberg, Skiptvet, Høbol) [7]
Gudbrandsdal Lillehammer Arne Hammersmark 156 9 70,000 Covers the Gudbrandsdalen district of Oppland county (Lillehammer, Dovre, Lesja, Skjåk, Lom, Vågå, Nord-Fron, Sel, Sør-Fron, Ringebu, Øyer, Gausdal) [8]
Haugaland and Sunnhordland Haugesund Kaare Songstad 281 12 150,000 Covers the district of Haugalandet in Rogaland county (Haugesund, Suldal, Sauda, Bokn, Tysvær, Karmøy, Utsira, Vindafjord) and the Sunnhordland district of Hordaland county (Etne, Sveio, Bømlo, Stord, Fitjar) [9]
Hedmark Hamar 429 21 190,000 Covers all of Hedmark county [10]
Helgeland Mosjøen Håvard Fjærli 214 11 75,000 Covers the Helgeland district of Nordland county (Sømna, Brønnøy, Vega, Vevelstad, Herøy, Alstahaug, Leirfjord, Vefsn, Grane, Hattfjelldal, Dønna, Nesna, Hemnes, Rana, Lurøy, Træna) [11]
Hordaland Bergen Geir Gudmundsen 989 15 450,000 Covers most of Hordaland county (except for the Sunnhordland district), plus Gulen Municipality and Solund Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county [12]
Nord-Trøndelag Steinkjer Trond Prytz 303 22 140,000 Covers Nord-Trøndelag county plus Bindal Municipality (from Nordland county) and Osen Municipality and Roan Municipality (from Sør-Trøndelag county). This area included Trondheim Airport, Værnes [13]
Nordmøre and Romsdal Kristiansund 258 14 110,000 Covers the Nordmøre and Romsdal districts of Møre og Romsdal county (Molde, Kristiansund, Rauma, Nesset, Midsund, Sandøy, Aukra, Fræna, Eide, Averøy, Gjemnes, Tingvoll, Sunndal, Surnadal, Rindal, Halsa, Smøla, Aure) [14]
Northern Buskerud Hønefoss Sissel Hammer 184 11 80,000 Covers northern Buskerud county (Ringerike, Hole, Flå, Nes, Gol, Hemsedal, Ål, Hol, Sigdal, Krødsherad, Modum, Nore og Uvdal) plus Jevnaker Municipality in Oppland county [15]
Oslo Oslo Hans Sverre Sjøvold 2,517 5 570,000 Covers Oslo Municipality. Also responsible for the police helicopter service, the Emergency Response Unit and other national units. [16]
Rogaland Stavanger Hans Vik 738 18 320,000 Covers most of Rogaland county (except for the Haugalandet district) plus Sirdal Municipality in Vest-Agder county. Responsible for the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Southern Norway and the continental shelf [17]
Romerike Lillestrøm Jørgen L. Høidahl 651 11 250,000 Covers the Romerike district of Akershus county (Aurskog-Høland, Sørum, Fet, Rælingen, Lørenskog, Skedsmo, Nittedal, Gjerdrum, Ullensaker, Nes, Eidsvoll, Nannestad, Hurdal), including Oslo Airport, Gardermoen [18]
Salten Bodø Geir Ove Heir 195 11 85,000 Covers the Salten district of Nordland county (Bodø, Rødøy, Meløy, Gildeskål, Beiarn, Saltdal, Fauske, Sørfold, Steigen, Hamarøy) plus two municipalities in Lofoten (Røst and Værøy). Responsible for the Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Northern Norway [19]
Sogn og Fjordane Florø Johan Brekke 212 24 105,000 Covers most of Sogn og Fjordane county (except Gulen Municipality and Solund Municipality) plus Vanylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county [20]
Sunnmøre Ålesund 250 12 140,000 Covers the Sunnmøre district of Møre og Romsdal county (Ålesund, Sande, Herøy, Ulstein, Hareid, Volda, Ørstad, Ørskog, Norddal, Stranda, Stordal, Sykkylven, Skodje, Sula, Giske, Haram, Vestnes) [21]
Southern Buskerud Drammen 455 15 205,000 Covers southern Buskerud county (Drammen, Kongsberg, Øvre Eiker, Nedre Eiker, Lier, Røyken, Hurum, Flesberg, Rollag), plus Svelvik Municipality and Sande Municipality in Vestfold county [22]
Sør-Trøndelag Trondheim Nils Kristian Moe 624 20 290,000 Covers all of Sør-Trøndelag county except for Roan Municipality and Osen Municipality [23]
Telemark Skien Anne Rygh Pedersen 408 17 170,000 Covers all of Telemark county [24]
Troms Tromsø Ole Bredrup Sæverud 338 11 120,000 Covers most of Troms county except for the Central Hålogaland district [25]
Vestfold Tønsberg Marie Benedicte Bjørnland 500 8 210,000 Covers most of Vestfold county (except for Svelvik Municipality and Sande Municipality), including Sandefjord Airport, Torp [26]
Western Finnmark Hammerfest Torbjørn Aas 142 8 45,000 Covers western Finnmark county (Hammerfest, Kautokeino, Alta, Loppa, Hasvik, Kvalsund, Måsøy, Nordkapp, Porsanger) [27]
Western Oppland Gjøvik 230 12 105,000 Covers the Vestoppland and Valdres districts of Oppland county (Gjøvik, Østre Toten, Vestre Toten, Lunner, Gran, Søndre Land, Nordre Land, Sør-Aurdal, Etnedal, Nord-Aurdal, Vestre Slidre, Øystre Slidre, Vang) [28]
Eastern Finnmark Kirkenes Ellen Katrine Hætta 165 10 30,000 Covers eastern Finnmark county (Vardø, Vadsø, Karasjok, Lebesby, Gamvik, Berlevåg, Tana, Nesseby, Båtsfjord, Sør-Varanger), including the Norway–Russia border and the Reindeer Police [29]
Østfold Sarpsborg Beate Gangås 610 10 225,000 Covers the outer part of Østfold county (Halden, Moss, Sarpsborg, Fredrikstad, Hvaler, Aremark, Marker, Rømskog, Rakkestad, Råde, Rygge, Våler) [30]

Pre-2002 divisions[edit]

The following is a list of police districts prior to the 2002 reform.[31] The list further contains 1999 data regarding the population, number of employees, criminal cases and budget in million Norwegian krone.[32] The list also includes former police stations (politikamre).[33]

List of former police districts
Police district Head office Pop. Empl. Cases Budget Other police stations
Arendal Arendal 93,500 183 10,347 73 Grimstad, Risør
Asker and Bærum Sandvika 149,200 324 16,832 128 Asker
Bergen Bergen (city) 226,000 599 24,640 218 Fana, Arna and Åsane, Fyllingsdalen
Bodø Bodø 73,900 161 5,722 63 —
Drammen Drammen 120,100 236 14,941 80 —
Fjordane Florø 69,600 108 3,892 40 —
Follo Ski 100,700 187 9,986 65 —
Fredrikstad Fredrikstad 70,900 139 8,330 54 —
Gudbrandsdal Lillehammer 70,000 126 5,115 47 —
Halden Halden 32,000 93 3,291 37 —
Hamar Hamar 82,900 143 6,801 51 —
Hardanger Odda 25,000 54 1,888 54 —
Haugesund Haugesund 90,000 160 9,125 58 —
Helgeland Mosjøen 43,000 86 2,715 36 —
Hordaland Bergen 179,500 241 10,874 85 —
Inntrøndelag Steinkjer 91,800 183 6,423 70 —
Kongsberg Kongsberg 43,500 88 4,156 35 —
Kongsvinger Kongsvinger 54,000 104 4,511 42 —
Kragerø Kragerø 14,800 53 2,017 17 —
Kristiansand Kristiansand 105,600 259 13,061 95 Randesund, Vågsbygd
Larvik Larvik 42,000 94 5,191 38 —
Lofoten and Vesterålen Svolvær 55,600 100 2,775 41 —
Moss Moss 61,400 120 6,330 44 —
Namdal Namsos 37,300 83 1,823 35 —
Narvik Narvik 93,500 183 10,347 73 —
Northern Jarlsberg Horten 57,200 115 6,177 47 Holmestrand
Nordmøre Kristiansund 60,200 112 3,484 48 —
Notodden Notodden 26,100 65 2,895 26 —
Oslo Grønland 502,900 2,233 112,187 791 Majorstuen, Manglerud, Sentrum, Stovner
Rana Mo i Rana 34,400 86 2,881 34 —
Ringerike Hønefoss 70,900 139 7,009 56 —
Rjukan Rjukan 13,100 38 959 17 —
Rogaland Egersund 123,200 212 11,333 81 Sandnes
Romerike Lillestrøm 212,100 476 21,501 157 Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
Romsdal Molde 56,000 100 3,495 39 —
Sandefjord Sandefjord 43,000 98 6,169 38 —
Sarpsborg Sarpsborg 81,900 151 8,281 57 Askim
Senja Harstad 47,000 99 3,290 43 —
Skien Skien 57,900 128 6,302 53 —
Sogn Sogndalsfjøra 38,000 75 1,901 30 —
Stavanger Stavanger 156,000 336 15,778 129 —
Sunnmøre Ålesund 123,400 185 6,431 66 —
Sør-Varanger Kirkenes 9,800 69 1,258 23 —
Telemark Porsgrunn 53,300 113 6,832 45 —
Troms Tromsø 105,200 234 10,789 100 —
Trondheim Trondheim 152,000 375 17,152 141 —
Tønsberg Tønsberg 66,100 139 8,034 52 —
Uttrøndelag Trondheim 108,900 170 6,207 63 —
Vadsø Vadsø 14,800 66 1,672 27 Båtsfjord
Vardø Vardø 8,000 41 838 19 —
Vest-Agder Mandal 93,500 183 10,347 73 Flekkefjord
Western Finnmark Hammerfest 42,100 121 4,108 47 —
Western Oppland Gjøvik 112,700 178 8,331 64 —
Østerdal Elverum 49,800 104 4,360 42 —

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