Kripos

About Kripos

Kripos is the police's national center of expertise with the main goal of preventing and combating organized and other serious crime. Kripos has specialized expertise and provides assistance in tactical and technical investigations. Kripos also investigates its own criminal cases and is the contact point for international police cooperation. Kripos serves as the national forensic laboratory and is responsible for processing most central police registers. There are approximately 630 people employed at Kripos. Half are police-educated, while the others have backgrounds as engineers, laboratory technicians, chemists, social scientists, communications advisors, translators, photographers, lawyers, and IT staff, among others. The gender distribution is approximately 50/50 women and men. The average age is 44. As an employee at Kripos, you become part of a good working environment and have the opportunity for training during working hours and membership in Kripos IL and the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.