Norway

Capital city — Oslo

Country population
5,435,536
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2022
/ Statistics Norway
Incarceration rate (per 100,000 inhabit…
57
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01/05/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Type of government
Constitutional monarchy
Human Development Index
0.961
(2/191)
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2021
/ UNDP, Human Development Index
Homicide rate (per 100,000 inhabitants)
0.57
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2020
/ United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Name of authority in charge of the pris…
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
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(JD, Justis- og beredskapsdepartementet)
Total number of prisoners
3,068
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05/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Average length of imprisonment (in mont…
9.6
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2020
/ Conseil de l’Europe, SPACE I – Rapport 2021, p. 124, table 31.
Prison density
79 %
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08/2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Total number of prison facilities
33
consisting of 58…
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2021
/ Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research – ICPR
An NPM has been established
yes, in 2014
Female prisoners
5.8 %
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08/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Incarcerated minors
0.2 %
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03/2023
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Percentage of untried prisoners
24.7 %
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2022
/ World Prison Brief, ICPR
Death penalty is abolished
yes, since 1979

BRIK - Survey on prisoners needs and resources (Behovs- og ressurskartlegging i Kriminalomsorgen)
CPT - European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
ECHR - European Court of Human Rights
ESA - The Execution of Sentences Act (straffegjennomføringsloven)
FFP - Organisation for the support of Friends and Family of Prisoners (For fangers pårørende)
JD - Ministry of Justice and Public Security (Justis- og beredskapsdepartementet)
KDI - Directorate for Correctional Services (Kriminalomsorgsdirektoratet)
KRUS - University College and Education Center (Kriminalomsogens høgskole og utdanningssenter)
KY - The professional association of the Norwegian Correctional Service (Kriminalomsorgens yrkesforbund)
NCS - Norwegian Correctional Service (Kriminalomsorgen)
NFF - The Norwegian Prisons and ‘Free-care’ trade union (Norsk Fengsels- og Friomsorgsforbund)
NGO - Non-governmental organization
NPM - The Parliamentary Ombudsman (Sivilombudsmannen)
UNCAT - Convention against Torture and other Crual, Inhumane or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
ICCPR - United Nations International Convenant on Civil and Political Rights
UNCEDAW - Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women