Norwegian Police Security Service

Norwegian Police Security Service
*Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste*
Norwegian Police Security Service; Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste
	PST Emblem
Abbreviation	PST
Agency overview
Formed	1937
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Norway
General nature	Civilian police;
Specialist jurisdiction	Protection of international or domestic VIPs, protection of significant state assets.;
Operational structure
Headquarters	Oslo
Parent agency	Ministry of Justice and Public Security
Website
	www.pst.no

The Norwegian Police Security Service (Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste (PST), Politiets tryggingsteneste (PTT)) is the police security agency of Norway. The agency was previously known as POT (Politiets overvåkningstjeneste or Police Surveillance Agency), the name change was decided by the Parliament of Norway on 2 June 2001.

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