The Norwegian National Museum of Justice has the task of documenting the output of the Ministry of Justice and Public Security of museological interest. The museum is funded through the state budget. Projects are also funded through partners. The museum is a foundation.

Our key areas of interest are the police, judiciary, and the correctional services. The museum’s main goal is to secure the documentation of judicial material, through the collecting and safekeeping of objects within the museum itself, as well as registering objects stored by other institutions.   

Our intended audience is the general public, especially the young through collaboration with schools. The underlying idea in all of the museum’s educational work is to convey the law’s positive function in society, and the idea that loyalty to the rule of law is connected to loyalty to the community, as well as the individuals within that community. The museum’s hope is that this will have a preventive effect.

Board of Directors

Members:

Arne Kristoffer Gloppen, Assistant Chief of Police, National Police Directorate.
Personal alternate: Section Chief for Crime prevention Astrid Birgitte Borge, National Police Directorate.
Appointed on recommendation from the National Police Directorate.

Jorid Midtlyng, regional Director of Correctional Services, Northern region.
Personal alternate project Director Torill Holsvik Høyem, Norwegian Correctional Services.
Appointed on recommendation from the Directorate of Norwegian Correctional Service.

Professor Øyrehagen Sunde, University of Bergen (UiB).
Personal alternate Professor Erik Opsahl, NTNU.
Appointed on recommendation from the Norwegian Court Administration.

Former Station Chief Ove Sem at Central police station.
Personal alternate former police superintendant Knut Sivertsen, Central police station.
Appointed on recommendation from Trondheim Municipality.

Yrja Flem, marketing and communication manager NTNU Museum Administration.
Personal alternate Professor emeritus Lars Fredtik Stenvik, NTNU.
Appointed on recommendation from NTNU.

Bjørn Kristian Soknes, attorney Regional Procecutors in Trøndelag.
Pesonal alternate district attorney Per Morten Schjetne, Regional Procecutors in Trøndelag.
Appointed by the Museum of Justice’s board.

Hanna Mellemsether, senior research advisor, Museum in Sør-Trøndelag, MIST
Personal alternate Anne Mette Gottschal, conservator Ringve music museum.
Appointed by the Museum of Justice’s board.

Staff representative: Museum consultant Christine Rokkan Eriksen, Museum of Justice.
Personal alternate: Collections manager Hilde H. Olsø, Museum of Justice
Appointed by the Museum of Justice’s staff.