Norwegian Prosecuting Authority () is a body subordinate to the
Norwegian Council of State
The Council of State () is a formal body composed of the most senior government ministers chosen by the Prime Minister, and functions as the collective decision-making organ constituting the executive branch of the Kingdom. The council sim ...
.
This body is responsible for legal prosecutions in Norway.
It is divided into three levels. The third level of the Prosecuting Authority is the Police. The first two, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Public Prosecutors, are called "the Higher Prosecuting Authority" ().
Public Prosecutors work on a regional basis, whereas the
Director of Public Prosecutions (Norwegian: ''Riksadvokat'') has the coordinative leadership. When
Tor-Aksel Busch resigned on 31 October 2019 he was the longest serving ''Riksadvokat'' in Norway's history.
Directors of Public Prosecutions
This is a list of the
Directors of Public Prosecutions:
[
*1889–1901 : Bernhard Getz
*1901–1904 : Johan Blackstad (acting since 1891)
*1904–1911 : Harald Smedal (acting since 1904)
*1911–1929 : Peder Kjerschow
*1929–1940 : Haakon Sund
*1941–1945 : ]Jørgen Nordvik
Jørgen Kornelius Nordvik (28 November 1895 – 21 July 1977) was a Norwegian jurist.
He was a member of the party Nasjonal Samling before the Second World War and worked as an attorney in Lillehammer. In 1940 he participated for Norway in battl ...
(collaborator during the German occupation of Norway
The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until th ...
)
*1945–1946 : Sven Arntzen (acting)
*1946–1967 : Andreas Aulie
*1968–1979 : Lauritz J. Dorenfeldt
*1979–1986 : Magnar Flornes
*1986–1997 : Georg Fredrik Rieber-Mohn
*1997–2019: Tor-Aksel Busch
*2019–present : Jørn Sigurd Maurud
See also
* National Authority for Prosecution of Organised and Other Serious Crime
References
External links
Official site
Law of Norway
Government of Norway
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