List of police districts in Norway explained

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

Police District	Headquarters	Notes
		Covers the municipalities of Oslo, Asker, and Bærum.
		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).
		Covers all of Innlandet county plus Lunner Municipality in Akershus county.
		Covers all of Buskerud, Telemark, and Vestfold counties plus Jevnaker Municipality from Akershus county.
		Covers all of Agder county except for Sirdal Municipality (part of West Police District)
		Covers all of Rogaland county plus Sveio, Etne, Bømlo, Fitjar, and Stord municipalities in Vestland county.
		Covers all of Vestland county except for Sveio, Etne, Bømlo, Fitjar, and Stord municipalities (part of Southwest Police District).
		Covers all of Møre og Romsdal county.
		Covers all of Trøndelag county plus Bindal Municipality in Nordland county.
		Covers all of Nordland county except Bindal Municipality (part of Trøndelag Police District) and also includes Gratangen Municipality in Troms county.
		Covers all of Troms county except Gratangen Municipality (part of Nordland Police District).
		Covers all of Finnmark county.

History

2002-2016 divisions

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

scope=col	Police district	scope=col	Head office	scope=col	Chief of police	scope=col	Empl.	scope=col	Loc.	scope=col	Pop.	scope=col	Notes	scope=col class=unsortable	Ref
scope=row	Agder		Kirsten Lindeberg	align=right		align=right		align=right			align=center	^[4]
scope=row	Asker and Bærum		Torodd Veiding	align=right		align=right		align=right		Covers Asker Municipality and Bærum Municipality in Akershus county	align=center	^[5]
scope=row	Central Hålogaland		Elisabeth Kaas	align=right		align=right		align=right		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)	align=center	^[6]
scope=row	Follo			align=right		align=right		align=right		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)	align=center	^[7]
scope=row	Gudbrandsdal		Arne Hammersmark	align=right		align=right		align=right		Covers the Gudbrandsdalen district of Oppland county (Lillehammer, Dovre, Lesja, Skjåk, Lom, Vågå, Nord-Fron, Sel, Sør-Fron, Ringebu, Øyer, Gausdal)	align=center	^[8]
scope=row	Haugaland and Sunnhordland		Kaare Songstad	align=right		align=right		align=right		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)	align=center	^[9]
scope=row	Hedmark			align=right		align=right		align=right		Covers all of Hedmark county	align=center	^[10]
scope=row	Helgeland		Håvard Fjærli	align=right		align=right		align=right		Covers the Helgeland district of Nordland county (Sømna, Brønnøy, Vega, Vevelstad, Herøy, Alstahaug, Leirfjord, Vefsn, Grane, Hattfjelldal, Dønna, Nesna, Hemnes, Rana, Lurøy, Træna)	align=center	^[11]
scope=row	Hordaland		Geir Gudmundsen	align=right		align=right		align=right		Covers most of Hordaland county (except for the Sunnhordland district), plus Gulen Municipality and Solund Municipality in Sogn og Fjordane county	align=center	^[12]
scope=row	Nord-Trøndelag		Trond Prytz	align=right		align=right		align=right			align=center	^[13]
scope=row	Nordmøre and Romsdal			align=right		align=right		align=right		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)	align=center	^[14]
scope=row	Northern Buskerud		Sissel Hammer	align=right		align=right		align=right		Covers northern Buskerud county (Ringerike, Hole, Flå, Nes, Gol, Hemsedal, Ål, Hol, Sigdal, Krødsherad, Modum, Nore og Uvdal) plus Jevnaker Municipality in Oppland county	align=center	^[15]
scope=row	Oslo			align=right		align=right		align=right		Covers Oslo Municipality. Also responsible for the police helicopter service, the Emergency Response Unit and other national units.	align=center	^[16]
scope=row	Rogaland		Hans Vik	align=right		align=right		align=right			align=center	^[17]
scope=row	Romerike		Jørgen L. Høidahl	align=right		align=right		align=right			align=center	^[18]
scope=row	Salten		Geir Ove Heir	align=right		align=right		align=right			align=center	^[19]
scope=row	Sogn og Fjordane		Johan Brekke	align=right		align=right		align=right		Covers most of Sogn og Fjordane county (except Gulen Municipality and Solund Municipality) plus Vanylven Municipality in Møre og Romsdal county	align=center	^[20]
scope=row	Sunnmøre			align=right		align=right		align=right		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)	align=center	^[21]
scope=row	Southern Buskerud			align=right		align=right		align=right		Covers southern Buskerud county (Drammen, Kongsberg, Øvre Eiker, Nedre Eiker, Lier, Røyken, Hurum, Flesberg, Rollag), plus Svelvik Municipality and Sande Municipality in Vestfold county	align=center	^[22]
scope=row	Sør-Trøndelag		Nils Kristian Moe	align=right		align=right		align=right			align=center	^[23]
scope=row	Telemark		Anne Rygh Pedersen	align=right		align=right		align=right		Covers all of Telemark county	align=center	^[24]
scope=row	Troms		Ole Bredrup Sæverud	align=right		align=right		align=right		Covers most of Troms county except for the Central Hålogaland district	align=center	^[25]
scope=row	Vestfold		Marie Benedicte Bjørnland	align=right		align=right		align=right			align=center	^[26]
scope=row	Western Finnmark		Torbjørn Aas	align=right		align=right		align=right		Covers western Finnmark county (Hammerfest, Kautokeino, Alta, Loppa, Hasvik, Kvalsund, Måsøy, Nordkapp, Porsanger)	align=center	^[27]
scope=row	Western Oppland			align=right		align=right		align=right		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)	align=center	^[28]
scope=row	Eastern Finnmark		Ellen Katrine Hætta	align=right		align=right		align=right			align=center	^[29]
scope=row	Østfold		Beate Gangås	align=right		align=right		align=right		Covers the outer part of Østfold county (Halden, Moss, Sarpsborg, Fredrikstad, Hvaler, Aremark, Marker, Rømskog, Rakkestad, Råde, Rygge, Våler)	align=center	^[30]

Pre-2002 divisions

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

scope=col	Police district	scope=col	Head office	scope=col	Pop.	scope=col	Empl.	scope=col	Cases	scope=col	Budget	scope=col	Other police stations
scope=row	Arendal		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		Grimstad, Risør
scope=row	Asker and Bærum		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		Asker
scope=row	Bergen		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		Fana, Arna and Åsane, Fyllingsdalen
scope=row	Bodø		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Drammen		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Fjordane		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Follo		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Fredrikstad		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Gudbrandsdal		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Halden		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Hamar		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Hardanger		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Haugesund		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Helgeland		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Hordaland		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Inntrøndelag		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Kongsberg		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Kongsvinger		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Kragerø		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Kristiansand		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		Randesund, Vågsbygd
scope=row	Larvik		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Lofoten and Vesterålen		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Moss		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Namdal		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Narvik		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Northern Jarlsberg		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		Holmestrand
scope=row	Nordmøre		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Notodden		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Oslo		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		Majorstuen, Manglerud, Sentrum, Stovner
scope=row	Rana		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Ringerike		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Rjukan		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Rogaland		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		Sandnes
scope=row	Romerike		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		Oslo Airport, Gardermoen
scope=row	Romsdal		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Sandefjord		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Sarpsborg		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		Askim
scope=row	Senja		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Skien		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Sogn		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Stavanger		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Sunnmøre		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Sør-Varanger		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Telemark		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Troms		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Trondheim		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Tønsberg		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Uttrøndelag		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Vadsø		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		Båtsfjord
scope=row	Vardø		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Vest-Agder		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		Flekkefjord
scope=row	Western Finnmark		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Western Oppland		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—
scope=row	Østerdal		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=right		align=center	—

Notes and References

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2. Web site: Statsansatte (alle lønnskategorier) per etat . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140903065100/http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/data/forvaltning/ansatte/etat/4:7 . 3 September 2014 . 26 August 2012 . . Norwegian.
3. Web site: Korrespondansetabell Politidistrikt 2002, Kommuner 2008 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120422060145/http://www4.ssb.no/stabas/CorrTabFrames.asp?ID=5275001&Language=nb . 22 April 2012 . 26 August 2012 . . Norwegian.
4. Web site: Om Agder politidistrikt . dead . https://archive.today/20121220120250/https://www.politi.no/agder/om_oss/Tema_279.xhtml . 20 December 2012 . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
5. Web site: Om Asker og Bærum politidistrikt . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
6. Web site: Om Midtre Hålogaland politidistrikt . dead . https://archive.today/20121220062919/https://www.politi.no/midtre_halogaland/om_oss/Tema_159.xml . 20 December 2012 . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
7. Web site: Om Follo politidistrikt . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
8. Web site: Om Gudbrandsdal politidistrikt . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
9. Web site: Om Haugaland og Sunnhordland politidistrikt . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
10. Web site: Om Hedmark politidistrikt . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
11. Web site: Om Helgeland politidistrikt . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
12. Web site: Om Hordaland politidistrikt . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
13. Web site: Om Nord-Trøndelag politidistrikt . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130923042738/https://www.politi.no/nord_trondelag/om_oss/ . 23 September 2013 . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
14. Web site: Om Nordmøre og Romsdal politidistrikt . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
15. Web site: Om Nordre Buskerud politidistrikt . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
16. Web site: Om Oslo politidistrikt . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
17. Web site: Om Rogaland politidistrikt . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
18. Web site: Om Romerike politidistrikt . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
19. Web site: Om Salten politidistrikt . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
20. Web site: Om Sogn og Fjordane politidistrikt . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
21. Web site: Om Sunnmøre politidistrikt . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150214000201/https://www.politi.no/sunnmore/om_oss/ . 14 February 2015 . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
22. Web site: Om Søndre Buskerud politidistrikt . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
23. Web site: Om Sør-Trøndelag politidistrikt . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131112210357/https://www.politi.no/sor_trondelag/om_oss/Tema_515.xhtml . 12 November 2013 . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
24. Web site: Om Telemark politidistrikt . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
25. Web site: Om Troms politidistrikt . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
26. Web site: Om Vestfold politidistrikt . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
27. Web site: Om Vestfinnmark politidistrikt . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
28. Web site: Om Vestoppland politidistrikt . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
29. Web site: Om Østfinnmark politidistrikt . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
30. Web site: Om Troms politidistrikt . dead . https://archive.today/20120527005942/https://www.politi.no/ostfold/om_oss/ . 27 May 2012 . 16 August 2012 . Norwegian Police Service . Norwegian.
31. Web site: Lokalisering av politi- og lensmannsdistrikter under Politi- og lensmannsdistrikter . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140903065106/http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/data/forvaltning/enhet/13621/desentralisert/7198 . 3 September 2014 . 26 August 2012 . . Norwegian.
32. Web site: 2 Tabellvedlegg: Faktaopplysninger om politi- og lensmannsetaten . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20140427064049/http://www.regjeringen.no/nb/dep/jd/dok/regpubl/stmeld/20002001/stmeld-nr-22-2000-2001-/9.html?id=431999 . 27 April 2014 . 26 August 2012 . . Norwegian.
33. Web site: Lokalisering av politistasjoner under Politi- og lensmannsdistrikter . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031413/http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/data/forvaltning/enhet/13621/desentralisert/7199 . 4 March 2016 . 26 August 2012 . . Norwegian.