On the pages about legal matters, you will find information about the police and the judiciary, the free legal aid scheme, how you proceed in compensation cases and where you go for counseling and legal aid.

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Did you know

...that some Norwegian laws are translated into English, but not all of them?

Lovdata has information regarding laws and legal authorities in Norway. In cooperation with the University of Oslo's Faculty of Law, Lovdata has also published a collection of translated Norwegian legislation.

Other topic-related information including laws, regulations and online services exist, but with limited English texts or in Norwegian only. If you would like to view information in Norwegian, click on the Bokmål, or Nynorsk, menu choice in the top banner above.