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Central governing body of the Norwegian police service
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Police employee injured in hand when shot discharged during weapon cleaning in Arendal
- A shot went off while a police employee was cleaning a service weapon in a separate room after shooting training at Arendal police station on Tuesday evening. The person injured their hand.
- Two others were in the room but were not physically hurt.
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Police win plain-language award for rewriting over 200 letter templates to strengthen legal protection
- The police have won a plain-language award in the state body category. It was given on 13 October 2026, International Plain Language Day. State Secretary Marianne Wilhelmsen presented it.
- The police reviewed and improved over 200 letter templates. The aim is more trust, better legal protection and making it easy to know what to do.
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Inspections of illegal lobster fishing led to 14 reports and 27 seized pieces of gear
- Police, the Directorate of Fisheries, the Coast Guard, the Norwegian Nature Inspectorate (SNO) and the archipelago services checked lobster fishing before and after the season opened in autumn 2026. This led to 14 criminal reports, and 27 pieces of fishing gear were seized.
- Økokrim (the police unit for economic and environmental crime) says the lobster stock is under pressure from illegal fishing. Earlier checks showed that some people start fishing before the season opens.
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Man charged with attempted murder after violent incident against woman at Oslo enforcement office
- Just after 10:00 on Friday 9 October 2026, police heard about a serious violent incident at the Namsfogden (enforcement office) premises in Oslo. Police and health workers arrived quickly.
- A man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder. Marius Dietrichson is his defence lawyer. A court will decide on custody (jail before trial) on Saturday 10 October 2026.
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Telenor fault on 8 October cut citizens' access to the police emergency number for a period
- A Telenor fault on 8 October meant people could not reach the police on the emergency number for a while. The Police Directorate says this is serious and could have had big consequences.
- The police shared other numbers people could call, through Politiloggen, politiet.no and the media. They say they have backup solutions and plans.
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Police Directorate publishes alternative phone numbers for reaching police during telephone network problems
- On 8 October 2026 the Police Directorate posted a list of other phone numbers for the police. They are for use when the phone network has problems. The list will keep being updated.
- The list has numbers for ten police districts: Finnmark 78 97 20 00, Troms 77 79 60 00, Nordland 75 58 90 00, Møre og Romsdal 70 11 87 00, Innlandet 62 53 90 00, Oslo 22 66 90 50, Sør-Øst 33 34 44 00, Sør-Vest 51 89 90 00 and Vest 55 55 63 00.
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Man charged with 13 assaults on women in Oslo to be admitted to hospital for observation
- Court-appointed experts (doctors who assess his mental state for the court) want the man in his 20s admitted to hospital for observation. Police are waiting for the court to decide.
- He is charged with 13 incidents of violence and assault against women in the Oslo area between December 2025 and April 2026. He has been in custody since April.
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Two men in their 30s arrested and charged with murder and desecration of a corpse in the Rikke Tofsland-Karlsen missing person case
- A man in his 30s was arrested on Tuesday 6 October 2026. He is charged with murdering Rikke Tofsland-Karlsen from Skien.
- Another man in his 30s was arrested on Monday 5 October. He is charged with desecration of a corpse, meaning he is suspected of abusing a dead body (Penal Code § 195).
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Two dead and one seriously injured after hunting party shot at in Halden; suspect arrested
- On Sunday morning, police in the Øst district got a report that several people had been shot in Halden. Police arrested a suspect at the scene soon after.
- Two people are confirmed dead. One person is seriously hurt and was flown to Kalnes Hospital by air ambulance.
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Police impose traffic and airspace restrictions around the Storting on 2 October 2026
- Karl Johans gate — Oslo's main street — is closed to cars from 10:00 to 15:00, with barriers along the full stretch from the Royal Palace to the Storting; pedestrians can still cross at a few designated points.
- Trams and buses will run on alternative routes from 11:45 to 14:15; check Ruter for updated journey information.
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