What is Norwegian Police Service?
The '''police''' force for '''Norway''', commonly called ''politiet'', and sometimes called '''Norwegian police''',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thelocal.no/20170524/norwegian-security-service-considering-facebook-police|title=Norway investigation service considering 'Facebook police'|date=24 May 2017|website=www.thelocal.no}}</ref> is formally called '''Norwegian Police Service''' (in Norwegian: ''Politi- og lensmannsetaten''). The police has 15,483 employees (as of 2016). If one also counts the employees of [[PST]], an [[intelligence agency]], the number of employees is over 16,000.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dn.no/politiet/antall-ansatte-i-politiet-oker/1-1-5719356|title=Antall ansatte i politiet øker|first=null|last=NTB|date=30 August 2016|website=www.dn.no}}{{Dead link|date=December 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{Europe-stub}} [[Category:Law enforcement agencies]] [[Category:Government of Norway]]