Norwegian Police Security Service

Norwegian Police Security Service
Norwegian Police Security Service
Abbreviation	PST
Agency overview
Formed	1937
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Norway
General nature	Civilian police;
Operational structure
Headquarters	Oslo
Agency executive	Beate Gangås, Director;
Parent agency	Ministry of Justice and Public Security
Website
	pst.no

The Norwegian Police Security Service (Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste (PST) is the police security agency of Norway. The agency was made in 1937 by the Ministry of Justice.

The agency was known as POT (Politiets overvåkningstjeneste or Police Surveillance Agency) before the Parliament of Norway voted to changed the name on 2 June 2001, the new name started on 1 January 2002.

The agency is responsible to find spies, stop terrorism and protect important government people.

References

↑ https://www.pst.no/om-pst/
1 2 "Endringshistorie Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste - Sikt". forvaltningsdatabasen.sikt.no. Retrieved 2026-02-21.
↑ politidepartementet, Justis-og (2023-10-17). "Politiets tryggingsteneste / Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste". Regjeringa.no (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 2026-02-21.

[1] ttps://www.pst.no/om-pst/

[:0-2] 1 2 "Endringshistorie Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste - Sikt". forvaltningsdatabasen.sikt.no. Retrieved 2026-02-21.

[3] tidepartementet, Justis-og (2023-10-17). "Politiets tryggingsteneste / Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste". Regjeringa.no (in Norwegian Nynorsk). Retrieved 2026-02-21.