The Norwegian Data Protection Authority ( no, Datatilsynet) is an agency of the

Norwegian Government The politics of Norway take place in the framework of a parliamentary, representative democratic constitutional monarchy. Executive power is exercised by the Council of State, the cabinet, led by the prime minister of Norway. Legislative power is ...

responsible for managing the ''Personal Data Act 2000'', concerning privacy concerns. This Act replaced the ''Data Register Act 1978''. The authority is based in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population ...

, and is an independent administrative body under the Ministry of Government Administration and Reform. It is the

national data protection authority There are several National data protection authorities across the world, tasked with protecting information privacy. In the European Union and the EFTA member countries, their status was formalized by the Data Protection Directive and they were in ...

for Norway.

Helge Seip Helge Lunde Seip (5 March 1919 – 29 January 2004) was a Norwegian politician for the Liberal Party and later the Liberal People's Party. He was born in Surnadal. At a young age he became involved in the Young Liberals, the youth wing of the L ...

served as its first director from 1980 to 1989, and

Georg Apenes Georg Apenes (5 April 1940 – 2 October 2016) was a Norwegian politician and jurist. Career Apenes was born in Fredrikstad. After finishing secondary education, he briefly worked as a substitute school teacher in his hometown in 1960 before ente ...

served from 1989 to 2010. Ove Skåra served as acting director from April 2010. From May 2010 to April 2022,

Bjørn Erik Thon Bjørn Erik Thon (born 6 February 1964) is a Norwegian jurist and ombudsman. Career He graduated as cand.jur. in 1989. From 1999 to 2000, during the first cabinet Bondevik Thon worked as a political advisor in the Ministry of Justice and the ...

served as director. On 28 May 2010,

was appointed as new director. On April 22, 2022, Line Coll was appointed director.

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* Government agencies of Norway Government agencies established in 1980 Data protection authorities {{Norway-gov-stub