Eastern Finnmark Police District

Eastern Finnmark Police District (Norwegian: Østfinnmark politidistrikt) was one of 27 police districts in Norway from 2003-2016. It covered the eastern part of Finnmark county in Northern Norway. The district was headquartered in Kirkenes and consisted of three police stations at Kirkenes, Vadsø and Vardø, plus five sheriff's offices. The district was led by Chief of Police Ellen Katrine Hætta prior to its dissolution in 2016.^[1] Specifically the police district covered the municipalities of Vardø, Vadsø, Karasjok, Lebesby, Gamvik, Berlevåg, Tana, Nesseby, Båtsfjord, Sør-Varanger.^[2] As of 2011 the district had 165 employees.^[3] It has a special responsibility for the Norway–Russia border control at Storskog and the Reindeer Police.^[4] The police district was created in 2003 as a merger between the former Sør-Varanger Police District, Vadsø Police District, and Vardø Police District.^[5] In 2017, it was dissolved and it became part of the newly created Finnmark Police District which covered all of Finnmark county.

Eastern Finnmark Police District
Agency overview
Formed	1 January 2003
Dissolved	31 December 2016
Employees	165
Jurisdictional structure
Operations jurisdiction	Øst-Finnmark, Finnmark (eastern part), Norway
General nature	Local civilian police
Operational structure
Overseen by	National Police Directorate
Headquarters	Kirkenes
Agency executive	Ellen Katrine Hætta, Chief of Police
Units	Border Police Reindeer Police (operates snowmobile)
Facilities
Stations	8
Website
https://www.politi.no/ostfinnmark

References

1. "Om Østfinnmark politidistrikt" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Police Service. Retrieved 16 August 2012.
2. "Korrespondansetabell Politidistrikt 2002, Kommuner 2008" (in Norwegian). Statistics Norway. Archived from the original on 22 April 2012. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
3. "Statsansatte (alle lønnskategorier) per etat" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
4. "4 Politiets organisering, oppgaver og oppgaveløsning". Politiets rolle og oppgaver (in Norwegian). Ministry of Justice and the Police. 24 June 2005. Archived from the original on 17 December 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2012.
5. "Lokalisering av politi- og lensmannsdistrikter under Politi- og lensmannsdistrikter" (in Norwegian). Norwegian Social Science Data Services. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 26 August 2012.