* The source gives the number of officers in man-years (related to the term man-hours), which indicates how much work an employee can get done in one year of work. For display purposes, these have been rounded.
Includes both police officers, legal, and civilian workers.
Does not include people employed by the Security Service (PST) or special units.
In Norway, the number of police officers increased steadily from 2013 to 2023. At the beginning of the period, there were 11,800 employees in terms of man-years*, a number that had increased to over 15,100 at the beginning of 2023. During that period, the number of reported crimes in the country decreased.
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