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Agder Police District Agder politidistrikt
Agency overview
Formed	2002
Employees	676
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Agder except Sirdal, Norway
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Overseen by	National Police Directorate
Headquarters	Kristiansand Police Station
Agency executive	Kirsten Lindeberg, Chief of Police
Facilities
Politistasjon / Lensmannskontors	27
Website
https://www.politi.no/agder

Agder Police District (Norwegian: Agder politidistrikt) covers the county of Agder except Sirdal municipality in Norway, approximately 14,880 square kilometres (5,750 sq mi). The district is headquartered in Kristiansand and consists of five police stations, Kristiansand and in Flekkefjord, Mandal, Grimstad and Arendal, and thirteen sheriff's offices (lensmannskontor). Stays and immigration cases are processed at the headquarters in Kristiansand. In the police district are approximately 280,000 inhabitants. Agder Police District was established on 1 January 2002 by a merger of the former police districts of Vest-Agder, Kristiansand and Arendal.

The easiest way to contact the police in Agder is by telephone, emergency ☎ 112, non-emergency calls at ☎ 02800 or ☎ (+47) 38 13 60 00.

History: in 2022, the police district apologized in regard to the mistakes made during the investigation of Baneheia murders; the murders were in 2000.

See also

• Norwegian Police Service

References

1. "Forvaltningsdatabasen/Bergen University". Archived from the original on 2014-09-03. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
2. Contact Information, Agder Police District
3. "About Agder PD in Norwegian". Archived from the original on 2013-03-25. Retrieved 2013-01-20.
4. Tip-off Norwegian police (in English)
5. Ingri Bergo et al. https://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/i/EQQrjK/de-bidro-til-aa-faa-viggo-kristiansen-doemt-naa-er-de-tause. VG.no. Retrieved 2022-10-26

v t e Norwegian Police Service
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
National agencies	Norwegian Bureau for the Investigation of Police Affairs (Spesialenheten) National Police Directorate (POD) Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) Norwegian Prosecuting Authority Sysselmesteren (Governor of Svalbard)
Police districts	Agder East Finnmark Innlandet Møre og Romsdal Nordland Oslo Southwest Southeast Troms Trøndelag West
National units (særorgan)	National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime in Norway (Økokrim) National Criminal Investigation Service (Kripos) National Mobile Police Service (UP) National Police Immigration Service (PU) Norwegian Police University College (PHS)
Other national units	Norwegian Border Commissioner (Grensekommissariatet) Norwegian ID Centre (Nasjonalt ID-senter) Norwegian Police Shared Services (Politiets fellestjenester) Police ICT Services (Politiets IKT-tjenester (PIT))
Other	Bombegruppen Beredskapstroppen (Delta) History Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Northern Norway Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Southern Norway Namsfogden Norwegian Bureau for the Investigation of Police Affairs (Spesialenheten) Norwegian Police Cross of Honour Norwegian Public Safety Radio (nødnettet) Vandelskontroll og politiattester Politiets helikoptertjeneste (HT) Politireserven Ranks Royal Police Escort SRGP Utrykningsenhetene

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