Odd Reidar Humlegård (born 9 May 1961, in
Porsgrunn
is a city and municipality in Telemark in the county of Vestfold og Telemark in Norway. It is part of the traditional region of Grenland. The administrative centre of the municipality is the city of Porsgrunn.
The municipality of Porsgrunn was ...
) is a
Norwegian
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lawyer, civil servant and the current National Police Commissioner. Humlegård previously served as head of the
National Criminal Investigation Service
The National Criminal Investigation Service ( no, Den nasjonale enhet for bekjempelse av organisert og annen alvorlig kriminalitet, previously ''Kriminalpolitisentralen''), commonly known as Kripos, is a special agency of the Norwegian Police Ser ...
, and was appointed as director to the
National Police Directorate
National Police Directorate ( no, Politidirektoratet) a government agency subordinate to the Ministry of Justice and Public Security which heads the Norwegian Police Service
The Norwegian Police Service ( no, Politi- og lensmannsetaten) is t ...
in August 2012 after the controversial resignation of
Øystein Mæland.
Career
Humlegård first joined the Norwegian police in 1984, after graduating from
Norwegian Police University College
The Norwegian Police University College ( no, Politihøgskolen; PHS) is a public university college located in Oslo, Kongsvinger, Stavern and Bodø, Norway. It offers education for the police force of Norway, including a three-year basic educati ...
, 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.
References
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Living people
Norwegian civil servants
Norwegian jurists
Norwegian police chiefs
People from Porsgrunn
1961 births