Norwegian Police Cross of Honour

Norwegian civil decoration

Award

Norwegian Police Cross of Honour
Politiets hederkors

Norwegian Police Cross of Honour ribbon

Type| Medal
Awarded for| Assisting the Norwegian police in a particularly meritorious manner
Presented by| Norway
Status| Currently awarded
Established| 14 September 2001

Norwegian Police Cross of Honour ribbon

Precedence
Next (higher)| Nansen medal for Outstanding Research[1]
Equivalent| Civil Defence Cross of Honour
Norwegian Defence Cross of Honour[1]
Next (lower)| Defence Service Medal with Laurel Branch[1]

The Norwegian Police Cross of Honour (Norwegian: Politiets hederskors/Politiets heiderskross) is a medal which is awarded by the head of the National Police Directorate of Norway to Norwegian police personnel for helping to prevent loss of life or damage to equipment and property by act of ingenuity in perilous conditions. After having been discontinued since 2012, it was awarded in 2019 to retired Director of Public Prosecutions Tor-Aksel Busch, and is currently an active award.[2]

## Appearance of the Award

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* It is a cross of gilded metal suspended from a stylised spray of oak leaves.
* On the obverse the arms of the cross are enamelled white. In the centre is the emblem of the Norwegian Police Service: the Norwegian Coat of Arms (a gold lion on a red field) on a gold background engraved with fasces. This is surrounded by a wreath of oak leaves.
* The reverse, unenamelled, bears the words HONOR ET MERITUM (Honour and Merit) in three lines on a circle at the centre of the cross.
* The ribbon is black with double yellow edges.

## Notable recipients

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* Gunnar Sønsteby

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Norwegian Decorations". kongehuset.no. Retrieved 2012-09-16.
2. ^ "Hederskorset har gjenoppstått".

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Norwegian Police Service

* Ministry of Justice and Public Security

National agencies|

* Norwegian Bureau for the Investigation of Police Affairs (Spesialenheten)
* National Police Directorate (POD)
* Norwegian Police Security Service (PST)
* Norwegian Prosecuting Authority
* Sysselmesteren (Governor of Svalbard)

Police districts (2017)|

* Agder
* East
* Finnmark
* Innlandet
* Møre og Romsdal
* Nordland
* Oslo
* Southwest
* Southeast
* Troms
* Trøndelag
* West

National units (særorgan)|

* National Authority for Investigation and Prosecution of Economic and Environmental Crime in Norway (Økokrim)
* National Criminal Investigation Service (Kripos)
* National Mobile Police Service (UP)
* National Police Immigration Service (PU)
* Norwegian Police University College (PHS)

Other national units|

* Norwegian Border Commissioner (Grensekommissariatet)
* Norwegian ID Centre (Nasjonalt ID-senter)
* Norwegian Police Shared Services (Politiets fellestjenester)
* Police ICT Services (Politiets IKT-tjenester (PIT))

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* Bombegruppen
* Beredskapstroppen (Delta)
* History
* Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Northern Norway
* Joint Rescue Coordination Centre of Southern Norway
* Namsfogden
* Norwegian Bureau for the Investigation of Police Affairs (Spesialenheten)
* Norwegian Police Cross of Honour
* Norwegian Public Safety Radio (nødnettet)
* Vandelskontroll og politiattester
* Politiets helikoptertjeneste (HT)
* Politireserven
* Ranks
* Royal Police Escort
* SRGP
* Utrykningsenhetene

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