Beate Gangås (born 24 April 1963) is a Norwegian police officer and civil servant. She is currently the director of the

Norwegian Police Security Service The Norwegian Police Security Service (, ) is the police security agency of Norway. The agency was previously known as ''POT'' (' or Police Surveillance Agency), the name change was decided by the Parliament of Norway on 2 June 2001. History an ...

since 2022. She previously served as the Oslo Chief of Police from 2019 to 2022. She was born in

Asker Asker (), also called Asker proper (''Askerbygda'' or ''gamle Asker'' in Norwegian), is a district and former Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus, Norway, located approximately 20km southwest of Oslo. From 2020 it is part of the ...

. In her younger days, she played football for

. She graduated from the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo (; ) is a public university, public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation#Europe, oldest university in Norway. Originally named the Royal Frederick Univ ...

with the

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degree in 1991. She worked for the Norwegian Directorate for Health from 1991 to 1992, served as a police prosecutor in

Vest-Finnmark Finnmark (; ; ; ; ) is a county in northern Norway. By land, it borders Troms county to the west, Finland's Lapland region to the south, and Russia's Murmansk Oblast to the east, and by water, the Norwegian Sea (Atlantic Ocean) to the northw ...

in 1992 before being hired in the

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) 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 of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

police. From 2001 to 2006, she worked in the

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. In 2006, she was appointed as the

Norwegian Equality and Anti-Discrimination Ombud Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *Norwegian language, including the two ...

, a merger between the Centre for Equality, the Equality Ombud and the Centre Against Ethnic Discrimination. She became the

chief of police A chief of police (COP) is the title given to an appointed official or an elected one in the command hierarchy, chain of command of a police department, particularly in North America. A chief of police may also be known as a police chief or somet ...

Østfold Police District Østfold Police District ( Norwegian: Østfold politidistrikt) was a police district headquartered in Sarpsborg, Norway, serving the municipalities of Aremark, Fredrikstad, Halden, Hvaler, Marker, Moss, Rakkestad, Rygge, Rømskog, Råde, Sarpsb ...

in 2010, and in

Oslo Police District Oslo Police District ( Norwegian: ''Oslo politidistrikt'') is the largest police district in Norway. The Police District of Asker og Bærum and Oslo Police District are from January 1, 2016 merged into one, and kept the name Oslo Police District. ...

in 2019. In October 2022, she was appointed director of the Norwegian Police Security Service. She assumed office on 1 December. Openly lesbian, she became the first LGBT police chief in Norway.

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1963 births Living people People from Asker Norwegian women's footballers Asker Fotball (women) players University of Oslo alumni Norwegian police officers Directors of government agencies of Norway Ombudsmen in Norway Norwegian lesbians 21st-century Norwegian LGBTQ people 21st-century Norwegian civil servants Women's association football players not categorized by position Sportspeople from Akershus 20th-century Norwegian sportswomen {{law-enforcement-bio-stub