The Norwegian Border Commissioner of the Norwegian-Russian border (') is a Norwegian

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subordinate to the Ministry of Justice and Public Security that is headed by the National Police Directorate. The agency's main task is to ensure that the Border Agreement of 1949 between Norway and the then

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(now

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), with subsequent regulations, laws and codes of conduct and traffic in the border area are complied with.Laws and codes of conduct and traffic in the border area
Norwegian Police, official website The Norwegian Border Commissioner was created in December 1950 and is headed by a civilian

border Borders are generally defined as geography, geographical boundaries, imposed either by features such as oceans and terrain, or by polity, political entities such as governments, sovereign states, federated states, and other administrative divisio ...

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. The position, however, has always been possessed by a military officer, discharged from the

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. The post as the Border Commissioner Deputy has until now been occupied by the chief of the Garrison of Sør-Varanger. The Border Commissioner is located in

Kirkenes (Norwegian language, Norwegian; ), (Northern Sami language, Northern Sami; , or is a List of towns and cities in Norway, town in Sør-Varanger Municipality in Finnmark county, in the far northeastern part of Norway. The town lies on a peninsu ...

. The border station at Storskog is staffed by Norwegian police officers, in addition to the Border Commissioner's staff in Kirkenes.

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External links

Official website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Norwegian Border Commissioner, Norwegian-Russian border Buildings and structures in Finnmark Law enforcement agencies of Norway Sør-Varanger Norway–Russia border 1950 establishments in Norway