PST

What PST does

PST (Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste) is Norway's domestic security and intelligence service, operating as a specialized police agency under the Ministry of Justice and Emergency Preparedness (Justis- og beredskapsdepartementet). The agency combines intelligence, security, and police functions with a mandate to prevent, investigate, and counter the most serious threats to national security—terrorism and extremism, unlawful foreign intelligence activity, sabotage, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and threats against government officials, the Royal Family, and visiting foreign dignitaries. Its statutory authority is anchored in Chapter III a (§§ 17a–17f) of the Police Act (politilova), which uniquely empowers PST to deploy coercive preventive measures including communications interception (kommunikasjonskontroll), data acquisition, technical tracking (including IMSI-catcher capability), searches, seizure, and disclosure orders—powers no other Norwegian agency holds. PST operates a central headquarters (Den sentrale eininga, DSE) in Oslo plus district units in all 12 Norwegian police districts, giving it nationwide coverage for both intelligence work and dignitary protection.

PST's principal public deliverables include the annual Nasjonal trusselvurdering (NTV) threat assessment, presented jointly each February with Etterretningstjenesten and NSM, plus an expanding set of specialized reports (e.g., covert North Korean IT-worker employment in Norwegian firms, minor right-wing extremist profiles, national terrorist-financing risk), the Norwegian-language "psst." podcast, multilingual online tips portals (Bokmål, Nynorsk, English), and advisory content targeting Norwegian businesses on sabotage and espionage risk. The agency partners strategically with the Police Service, Etterretningstjenesten, NSM, the Director of Public Prosecutions, Politihøgskolen (for bodyguard education), and the Ministry of Justice for oversight. Operations are subject to multi-layered oversight by the Storting, the Office of the Auditor General (Riksrevisjonen), the EOS parliamentary committee, and the courts.

PST is not a commercial entity. It is funded through the Norwegian national budget with appropriations and annual reports held in classified form (ungraded public summaries have been available since 2016). Consequently, PST has no commercial pricing model, no revenue model, and no external shareholders or subsidiaries; the organization exists to deliver a public-good mandate. Customer segments are exclusively governmental—Norwegian ministries, parliament (Stortinget), the judiciary (Høyesterett), and the Royal Family—with Norwegian citizens and businesses acting as secondary audiences through tips portals and public threat-awareness content rather than as paying customers.

Name

PST

Legal name

Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste

Website

https://pst.no

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

PST (Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste) is Norway's domestic security and intelligence service, a government police agency that prevents and investigates terrorism, espionage, sabotage, and threats against senior officials, serving the Norwegian state, parliament, judiciary, and Royal Family.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

National Security Intelligence Services

NAICS

Police Protection (922120), National Security and International Affairs (928)

SIC

Services-Detective, Guard & Armored Car Services (7381)

akta.pro primary industry

Security Systems Monitoring & Dispatch (SOC/Remote Guarding) (IMAIAEAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Insider Threat Programs & Personnel Reliability (PRP) (vetting, behavioral monitoring) (EUAKAJAI)

Keywords

• National security intelligence
• Counter-terrorism services
• Domestic intelligence agency
• Threat assessment reports
• Protective security services

Headquarters

HQ city

Nydalen

HQ country

Norway

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Infrastructure

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

PST is Norway's domestic security and intelligence service, combining intelligence, security, and police functions. It monitors, analyzes, prevents, and investigates threats to national security — including terrorism, espionage, sabotage, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, and threats against government officials. Its deliverables include the annual Nasjonal trusselvurdering (NTV), ongoing threat assessments, protective services for the Royal Family and government officials, public advisory content, and confidential public tip intake.

Product overview

PST (Politiets sikkerhetstjeneste) is Norway's domestic security and intelligence service. The organization offers a portfolio of services focused on understanding, communicating, and countering threats to national security. Core offerings include the annual Nasjonal trusselvurdering (NTV) threat assessment reports, the psst. podcast, and online reporting tools (Tipsskjema) available in multiple languages for the public to report suspicious activities. PST also provides advisory services and publications on security topics including sabotage threats, radicalization, and counter-terrorism.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Nasjonal trusselvurdering (NTV) Annual Norwegian-language national threat assessment published by PST, evaluating threats from state actors and extremists for the coming year. Produced for government, parliament, judiciary, media, and the broader public.
• National Threat Assessment (English) English-language version of the annual national threat assessment for international audiences, foreign partners, and non-Norwegian-speaking stakeholders.
• psst. Podcast

Quantifiable outcome

• PST publishes annual National Threat Assessments (Nasjonal trusselvurdering - NTV) that provide a shared national understanding of threats to Norway's national security.
• +1 more outcomes

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Nasjonal sikkerhetsmyndighet (NSM) - Joint investigation on false base stationsminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 December 2014PST, NSM, and E-tjenesten jointly investigated alleged false IMSI catcher use in Oslo following Aftenposten's reporting in December 2014. All three services concluded there was no evidence of active IMSI catchers in the investigated material.
• Politiet (Police)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPST is a police agency and part of the Norwegian police system (Politi- og lensmannsetaten), which also includes the Police Directorate (Politidirektoratet), 12 police districts, and specialized units. Svalbard has its own separate police district under the Sysselmester.
• Etterretningstjenesten (E-tjenesten, Military Intelligence Service)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPST cooperates with Etterretningstjenesten as Norway's two main intelligence services. The joint annual 'Fokus' (E-tjenesten) and 'Nasjonal trusselvurdering' (PST) reports are presented together with NSM at a shared press conference each February. E-tjenesten also assists in PST investigations, including technical analysis.
• Nasjonal sikkerhetsmyndighet (NSM, National Security Authority)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNSM is PST's key national security partner. Together with PST and E-tjenesten, NSM contributes to the annual joint press conference on national threat and risk assessments (NTV/Fokus/Risiko). NSM provides input on vulnerabilities and has collaborated on investigations such as the false base station inquiry in 2014-2015.
• Justis- og beredskapsdepartementet (Ministry of Justice and Emergency Preparedness)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPST is professionally and administratively directly subordinate to the Ministry of Justice and Emergency Preparedness. The ministry provides overarching strategic direction and oversight of PST's operations.
• Riksadvokaten (Director of Public Prosecutions) and Det nasjonale statsadvokatembetet (NAST)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Director of Public Prosecutions holds overall responsibility for prosecution and criminal proceedings, while NAST holds prosecutorial authority over PST's cases. Both bodies provide oversight and direction for PST's investigative and prosecutorial activities.
• Politihøgskolen (PHS, Norwegian Police University College)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPST collaborates with Politihøgskolen on the specialized education and training program for protective personnel (livvakt) — a continuing education program qualifying graduates for service as bodyguards for Royal and government officials. The program is a joint initiative between PHS and PST.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Others

• Etterretningstjenesten (E-tjenesten): Norway's foreign military intelligence service and PST's primary partner agency. Sister agency in the Norwegian security architecture with a complementary (foreign/HUMINT/sigint) mandate rather than a competing domestic mandate.
• Nasjonal Sikkerhetsmyndighet (NSM): Norway's National Security Authority handling preventive security, ICT and cyber security, and security-of-information oversight. PST's national-level partner for cyber and infrastructure-protection work but with a non-overlapping mandate focused on preventative and supervisory security.

Broad incumbents

• Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI): US domestic intelligence and federal law enforcement agency combining counter-terrorism, counter-intelligence, and criminal-investigation functions. Comparable in mandate combination to PST's triple intelligence/security/police role, but vastly larger in scope and resourcing.
• Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV): Germany's federal domestic intelligence agency with counter-extremism, counter-espionage, and counter-terrorism mandates. Directly comparable in function to PST but materially larger, with a federal-state coordination structure that PST lacks.
• Security Service (MI5): UK's domestic counter-intelligence and security agency with counter-terrorism, counter-espionage, and protective-security mandates. Directly comparable in core function to PST but operating at substantially larger scale to cover the United Kingdom.
• Direction Générale de la Sécurité Intérieure (DGSI): France's domestic intelligence service responsible for counter-espionage, counter-terrorism, and protection of national interests. Comparable in mandate scope to PST but embedded within a larger French interior-ministry security architecture.

Regional players

• Politiets Efterretningstjeneste (PET): Denmark's domestic security and intelligence service with a counter-terrorism, counter-espionage, and protective-security mandate that closely parallels PST's, operating in a different Nordic jurisdiction but with overlapping Nordic security cooperation.
• Algemene Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst (AIVD): Netherlands' combined domestic intelligence and security service. Comparable to PST in combining general intelligence, counter-terrorism, counter-espionage, and protective-security functions within a single agency, though operating in a different European geography.
• Säkerhetspolisen (Säpo): Sweden's domestic security service with responsibility for counter-terrorism, counter-espionage, and dignitary protection. Closest Nordic functional peer to PST, operating a comparable preventive-security mandate in a neighbouring jurisdiction with similar threat drivers.
• Skyddspolisen (Supo): Finland's national security police with counter-terrorism and counter-espionage responsibilities. Comparable to PST as a small Nordic domestic intelligence service operating in a similar geopolitical neighbourhood.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PSTNorge
• Facebookfacebook.com/PSTnorge
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/pstnorge

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Number of profiles

Profiles3 records

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