Odd Reidar Humlegård (born 9 May 1961, in Porsgrunn) is a Norwegian lawyer, civil servant who served as the National Police Commissioner between 2012 and 2018. Humlegård previously served as head of the National Criminal Investigation Service, and was appointed as director to the National Police Directorate in August 2012 after the controversial resignation of

Øystein Mæland Øystein Mæland (born 26 March 1960) is a Norwegian psychiatrist, civil servant and politician for the Norwegian Labour Party, Labour Party. In 2011, Mæland was appointed director of the National Police Directorate, a position he retained until ...

Career

Humlegård first joined the Norwegian police in 1984, after graduating from Norwegian Police University College, having previously received officer's training at the Military Academy. He later enrolled in- and graduated from law school in 1992. From 2003 he served as head of the National Mobile Police Service, before he was appointed to the National Criminal Investigation Service in 2009. He was responsible for the investigation of many high-profile cases during his tenure, such as The Pocket Man in 2009. In the wake of the sudden resignation of Øystein Mæland in 2012, he was promptly appointed to the position as the next Police Commissioner, basically in charge of the whole police force. He didn't seek re-appointment in 2018 and was succeeded by

Marie Benedicte Bjørnland Marie Benedicte Bjørnland (born 30 April 1965) is a Norwegian lawyer. She is the current Director of Police since 2019, and was the head of the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) from 2012 to 2019. Career She was born in Kristiansand and g ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Humlegard, Odd Reidar Living people Norwegian civil servants Norwegian jurists Norwegian police chiefs People from Porsgrunn 1961 births