{{for|investigative services of German-speaking countries|Kripo}} {{short description|Norwegian Police Service special agency}} [[File:Kripos-2006-08-14.JPG|thumb|Kripos headquarters at Bryn in Oslo]]
The '''National Criminal Investigation Service''' ({{langx|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 Service. Based at Bryn in Oslo and established in 1959, it is a national unit that works with organized and serious crime. It both works as an assisting unit for police districts, with special focus on technical and tactical investigation, and is responsible on its own for organized crime. It acts as the center for international police cooperation, including participation in Interpol and Europol. It is subordinate to the National Police Directorate.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.politi.no/vedlegg/rapport/Vedlegg_858.pdf |title=The Police in Norway |author=National Police Directorate |author-link=National Police Directorate |year=2010 |format=PDF |access-date=17 August 2012 |archive-date=13 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913224759/https://www.politi.no/vedlegg/rapport/Vedlegg_858.pdf |url-status=dead |page=15 }}</ref> Kripos represents four percent of the Norwegian police force, with nearly 500 employees.<ref name=aft50>Jonassen, Arild M. ''Aftenposten'' (January 2, 2009). [http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article2900135.ece 50 år med Kripos] {{in lang|no}}</ref>
==History==
On 1 January 2005, the organization was renamed '''Nye Kripos''', with the ''undertittel'' ["under title"] and<ref name=NewOld>[http://www.dagbladet.no/magasinet/2006/01/05/453933.html Nye gamle Kripos. God som gammel etter et år som ny. Her er organisasjonen ingen husker det egentlige navnet på.] [New old Kripos. Good as old, after a year as new. Here is the organisation that nobody remembers the real name of]</ref> formal name '''Den nasjonale enhet for bekjempelse av organisert og annen alvorlig kriminalitet''' (DNEFBAOAAK). Then minister of justice said that the common usage of [the name] New Scotland Yard, makes it natural to change the name ''Kripos''—to ''Nye Kripos''; thereby the renaming of the building matched that of the police force.<ref name=NewOld/> In 2006, ''Nye Kripos'' was changed back to ''Kripos''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.itromso.no/article34148.ece |title=Nye Kripos blir bare Kripos |access-date=2015-08-27 |archive-date=2021-10-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211028121811/https://www.itromso.no/article34148.ece |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Directors == * 1959–1976: Arne Kleveland * 1976–1993: Bjørn Heggelund * 1993–2005: Arne Huuse * 2005–2009: Odd Olsen Ingerø<ref>{{cite news|last=Jonassen Nordby |first=Kristin |work=Aftenposten |date=September 18, 2009 |url=http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article3276262.ece |title=Disse vil styre Kripos |language=no |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604155614/http://www.aftenposten.no/nyheter/iriks/article3276262.ece |archive-date=June 4, 2011 }}</ref> * 2009–2012: Odd Reidar Humlegård<ref>{{cite news|last=Lepperød|first=Trond|work=Nettavisen|date=December 18, 2009|url=http://www.nettavisen.no/nyheter/article2784445.ece|title=Han er ny sjef for Kripos|language=no}}</ref> * 2012–2020: Ketil Haukaas<ref>[http://www.rogalandsavis.no/nyheter/article6722578.ece Haukaas ny Kripos-sjef] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194813/http://www.rogalandsavis.no/nyheter/article6722578.ece |date=2013-10-29 }} ''Rogalands Avis''. Retrieved 26 October 2012 {{in lang|no}}</ref> <small>(acting director from 2012, permanent director from June 2013)</small> *2020–present: Kristin Ottesen Kvigne<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-04-03 |title=Kvigne blir ny Kripos-sjef |url=https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/kvigne-blir-ny-kripos-sjef/id2696594/ |access-date=2020-06-08 |website=Regjeringen.no |language=no}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== {{Portal|Norway}} *[http://www.politi.no/kripos Kripos] {{in lang|no}}
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Category:Law enforcement in Norway Category:Organised crime in Norway
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