21 October 2022 at 11:31 Beate Gangås is new head of PST Beate Gangås (59) is the new head of the Police Security Service (PST), for a period of six years. She succeeds Hans Sverre Sjøvold, who resigned from his position earlier this year, the government writes in a press release. – The government is satisfied that Beate Gangås has taken on the task of leading PST for the next few years, says Minister of Justice and Emergency Emilie Enger Mehl. Gangås comes from the position of police chief in Oslo and is trained as a lawyer. She has previously led both Østfold and Oslo police districts. and she has experience from various leadership positions in the police. Gangås has also been an equality and discrimination ombudsman. Roger Berg has served in the position of temporary PST manager since Sjøvold resigned in June. Hans Petter Sjøvold resigned as chief with immediate effect in the wake of VG’s cases that he had kept several illegal weapons for a number of years when he was police chief in Oslo.
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