The Museum of Justice has around 10,000 criminal portraits in its collection. Today most of these are digitized. These “criminal albums” were produced by the police in Kristiania between 1864 and 1915 and used for the identification of criminals.
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The museum has its own YouTube channel where we explore our collection. Here you can find a collection of videos topics ranging from civil disobedience to the Enigma Machine, all with English subtitles!
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From the first Sámi congress to today, learn about the Sámi people’s rights.
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The building dates from the early 1830s, and illustrates how new ideas about prisons had come to Norway. At the end of the 19th century the interior was rebuilt as the country’s first asylum for the insane and dangerous. Today the building is protected and holds the National Museum of Justice.
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In 1918 Trondheim got its first museum dedicated to criminal history, but for over 70 years the museum was closed to the public. See the history of the museum in unique pictures.
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This online exhibit shows how the prison and slavery systems in Trondheim have functioned from the 13th century to modern times.
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Incarceration as a sanction and treatment of criminal behaviour has its roots in the new ideas about mankind and society that emerged in post-Reformation Europe.
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