The State Administration Database

Section for Combatting Crime (SKB)

This page shows the event history for this unit.

01.07.2013* Founding by complex reorganization

Name: * Security and Emergency section
Short name: Sikkerhet- og beredskapsseksjonen
Affiliations: Ministry
Hierarchical level: Section
Superior body: Police Department
Located: 301 Oslo

03.05.2019* Change of name

Name: * National Security Section
Short name: SNS

03.05.2019* Maintenance by reorganization

Please note that this event has comments in Norwegian that are for the present not translated into English.

01.01.2021* Change of name

Name: Section for Combatting Crime (SKB)
Short name: SKB

Taske:
Section for Combatting Crime (SKB)
The section has tasks that ensue from the Police Department's overall responsibility for facilitating the long-term management and development of the police force and PST in the fight against crime. The overall aim of the section is to contribute to policy development and strategic path choices in this field in a future-looking perspective while taking international guidelines into account.
Source: regjeringen.no, january 2025

Remarks

* = If a date is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies that the date is not confirmed.

* = If a name is denoted with an asterisk (*), this implies a direct translation from Norwegian to English. The translation is thus not necessarily the official one (if any exists at all).

Comment to the change-of-name event: Sometimes the old and new name is the same. This occur when the translation to English haven’t taken into consideration minor Norwegian name change.