Norwegian Prosecuting Authority ( no, Påtalemyndigheten) is a body subordinate to the
Norwegian Council of State
The Council of State ( Norwegian: ''Statsrådet''), 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 ...
.
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" ( no, Den høyere påtalemyndighet).
Public Prosecutors work on a regional basis, whereas the
Director of Public Prosecutions (Norwegian: ''Riksadvokat'') has the coordinative leadership. When
Tor-Aksel Busch
Tor-Aksel Busch (born 17 March 1950) is a Norwegian jurist. He served as Director of Public Prosecutions from 1997 to 2019.
Career
Busch was born in Oslo, and graduated as cand.jur. from the University of Oslo in 1974. From 1981 to 1987 he was ...
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 (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
Sven Arntzen (4 April 1897 – 27 November 1976) was a Norwegian barrister. He was also the acting director general of the Norwegian Prosecuting Authority from 1945 to 1946, and played an important role in the legal purge in Norway after World Wa ...
(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
Tor-Aksel Busch (born 17 March 1950) is a Norwegian jurist. He served as Director of Public Prosecutions from 1997 to 2019.
Career
Busch was born in Oslo, and graduated as cand.jur. from the University of Oslo in 1974. From 1981 to 1987 he was ...
*2019-present : Jørn Sigurd Maurud
See also
* National Authority for Prosecution of Organised and Other Serious Crime
References
External link
Official site
Law of Norway
Government of Norway
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