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Norwegian Museum of Justice

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Criminal Albums

The Museum of Justice has the police of Christiania's "Criminal Albums" from the 1800s in its collection. Some of their contents are being published on Digitalt Museum in the fall of 2017. Here you can see our registrator working. Follow the link below to our online exhibit about the albums.

Link to exhibit

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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year from The Norwegian National Museum of Justice!

(Pictured: Prison work from Botsfengselet in Oslo) 

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A brief history of Norwegian police uniforms from the mid-1800s to modern times. Before 1935, the police forces were local. This included their uniforms, although they were often similarily inspired by military garb. In 1914 a “standard-uniform model” was issued, and many local forces copied it or took inspiration from it. Since 1935 all uniforms have been national. Click on the photos for more information. 

For more uniforms see our DigitalMuseum page. 

From the collection of the Norwegian National Museum of Justice. 

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Museet har laget en ny nettressurs! Se hva som skjer om man lar være å regningene sine! Therese og Hassan kjøper en scooter på avbetaling. Ganske raskt får de dårlig råd og sliter med å betale avdragene - du bestemmer hvilke valg de skal ta! Med Klipp og Lim

“Debt-ridden” is an interactive story about two young people who acquire more debt than they can handle. (Currently in Norwegian only) 

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The slavery by the watch at Skansen in Trondhjem

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Prison works.

 A sampling of objects made by prisoners of Botsfengselet in Oslo. From The National Museum of Justice's collection. 

Click on links below to be taken to the object on DigitalMuseum.

 Agriculture models. Models made by prisoners of new types of agricultural machines. ca mid 19th century.

 Stave church

 Bottle 

 Doll sofa

 A tiny (doll size) “tiner”, a traditional Norwegian box used to store food.

 Butter molds. 

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The Tools of Executions 

From The National Museum of Justice’s collection.

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Skull from beheaded person, found in 1941 on Fosen. Likely from the 18th century.

Branding iron used in Christiania (Oslo) Ca. 1733-1789 by executioners from the Lædel family. Either brought to Oslo by the first Lædel executioner in 1733 or bought at a later date. 

Pincer used to torture the condemned before executions. Unknown date. 

Case used to keep the executioner’s tools, ca 18th century. 

Executioner’s axe, Christiania (Oslo), ca 18-19th century, owned by the Lædel family. 

Executioner’s axe, Trondheim, owned by the executioner Öhlstein who worked from 1744-1768.

Executioner’s block, Trondheim, owned by the executioner Öhlstein who worked from 1744-1768.   

Executioner’s knife, likely for cutting up bodies, Trondheim, probably last used in 1807.

Executioner’s sword, owned by the Lædal family, ca. 1733-1792. 

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Norwegian Police Badges

From The National Museum of Justice’s collection.

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Flute/badge combination (original had no flute), St. Olav on top, 1744-1908, Oslo Police

Police Star from Aker Police (near Oslo), late 19th/early 20th century

Stavanger city police badge with city seal, used pre-1908. 

Kristiansand city police “badge” in shape of a hand, with city seal on front, 1890-1908.

Kristiansand police with tre from city seal and Norwegian lion, pre-1908, most likely post-1844 due to design of lion. 

Bergen police badges in shape of city seal, late 19th century. 

Unknown police badge from Bergen area, possibly 19th century. 

National police badge, possibly used by the reserve-police or during labour strikes of the 1920s. 

Standarized police badge introduced in 1908, this one from Herlandsfossen, used until a new version was introduced in 1937. 

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Norwegian Police Helmets.

From The National Museum of Justice’s collection.  Click on links below to be taken to the object on DigitalMusem.

Constable helmet, Trondheim, ca. 1895

Christiania (Oslo) Police helmet, date unknown

Bergen Police helmet, 1892 model

Bergen Police helmet, late 19th century

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