Marie Benedicte Bjørnland

Benedicte Bjørnland
Benedicte Bjørnland
Director of the Norwegian Police Security Service
	In office; 8 June 2012 – 29 March 2019
Monarch	Harald V
Prime Minister	Jens Stoltenberg ; Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Janne Kristiansen
Succeeded by	Hans Sverre Sjøvold
Personal details
Born	Marie Benedicte Bjørnland; 30 April 1965; Kristiansand, Norway
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation	Lawyer

Marie Benedicte Bjørnland (born 30 April 1965) is a Norwegian lawyer. She was the head of the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) from 2012 to 2019.

She was born in Kristiansand and grew up in Lier and Sandefjord. After obtaining a Master of Law degree from the University of Oslo, she worked as a deputy judge in Skien and Porsgrunn and as a consultant in the Directorate for prices,[1] with most of her career in various positions in the police force, becoming Chief of police in Vestfold in 2007.[2] As part of the latter position, she led the local branch of PST.[3]

After Janne Kristiansen resigned as head of PST in January 2012, Bjørnland was appointed the new leader by Stoltenberg's Second Cabinet on 8 June 2012, being one of six applicants for the position.[2]

She is married with two children and resides in Sandefjord.[4]

In 2016, Marie Bjørnland stated in a radio interview with The Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation that being expressively 'anti-Islam' is enough to be considered as 'right-wing extremist' by PST.[5]

References

Tom Bakkeli et al (8 June 2012) Dette er den nye PST-sjefen (in Norwegian) VG
kathrine Hammerstad (8 June 2012) Dette er den nye PST-sjefen (in Norwegian) NRK.
Følger med i tiden (in Norwegian) Politilederen.
Paal Even Nygaard (24 August 2012) Ikke holdepunkter for å si at PST kunne avverget ham (in Norwegian) Sandefjords Blad.
'Dagsnytt atten' (9 February 2016) (in Norwegian) PST Trusselvurdering

Police appointments
Preceded by Roger Berg (acting)	Director of the Norwegian Police Security Service 2012–2019	Succeeded by Hans Sverre Sjøvold

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[1] Tom Bakkeli et al (8 June 2012) Dette er den nye PST-sjefen (in Norwegian) VG

[nrk-2] thrine Hammerstad (8 June 2012) Dette er den nye PST-sjefen (in Norwegian) NRK.

[3] Følger med i tiden (in Norwegian) Politilederen.

[4] Paal Even Nygaard (24 August 2012) Ikke holdepunkter for å si at PST kunne avverget ham (in Norwegian) Sandefjords Blad.

[5] 'Dagsnytt atten' (9 February 2016) (in Norwegian) PST Trusselvurdering