| Olav Sønderland | |
| Birth Date: | 18 November 1942 |
| Birth Place: | Bodø, Norway |
| Occupation: | Police chief |
| Awards: | Norwegian Police Cross of Honour (2007) Order of St. Olav (2008) |
Olav Sønderland (18 November 1942 – 18 November 2023) was a Norwegian jurist and police chief.
Born in Bodø Municipality on 18 November 1942, Sønderland graduated in jurisprudence from the University of Oslo in 1968.
He was a freemason.[1]
Sønderland worked as police officer in Sandefjord Municipality from 1970 to 1978. He served as police chief in Sør-Varanger Municipality from 1978 to 1985, in Bodø from 1985 to 1992, in Stavanger Municipality from 1992, and Rogaland from 2002 to 2007.
He chaired a commission to evaluate the role of the police during the 2011 Norway attacks, which presented their findings in the .
Sønderland died in Stavanger on 18 November 2023, aged 81.[2]
In 2007 Sønderland received the Norwegian Police Cross of Honour. He was decorated Knight, First Class of the Order of St. Olav in 2008.[3]