Ørnulf Tofte

Assistant Chief of Police Ørnulf Tofte
Head of counter-intelligence
In office ? – 1987
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Born	February 12, 1922 (1922-02-12) (age 89)
Profession	Police officer

Ørnulf Tofte (born 12 February 1922) is a Norwegian former police officer.

He was central in the Norwegian intelligence service during most of the Cold War, and served as head of counter-intelligence.

He graduated from the police academy in March 1940 and joined the police force as a constable. In 1948, he joined the Police Surveillance Agency. He was promoted to sergeant in 1952 and inspector in 1954. He eventually rose to become Assistant Chief of Police (i.e. corresponding to Assistant Chief Constable or Commander in the UK police force) and head of counter-intelligence, reporting directly to the Director of the Police Surveillance Agency.

Tofte was involved in the investigations of all the three major spy cases in Norway during the Cold War: The Sunde case, the Haavik case and the Treholt case.^[1][2] He personally arrested all three and headed the investigations of the Haavik and Treholt cases.

He received The King's Medal of Merit in Gold upon his retirement in 1987. The same year, he published his biography, Spaneren.

Publications

• Ørnulf Tofte: Spaneren: Overvåkning for rikets sikkerhet, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, 1987, ISBN 82-05-17390-7

References

1. ^ Henriksen, Petter, ed. "Ørnulf Tofte" (in Norwegian). Store norske leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/%C3%98rnulf_Tofte. Retrieved 6 May 2010. 
2. ^ Jørgensen, Jørn-Kr.. "Ørnulf Tofte". In Helle, Knut (in Norwegian). Norsk biografisk leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/%C3%98rnulf_Tofte/utdypning. Retrieved 6 May 2010. 

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Name	Tofte, Oernulf
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Date of birth	12 February 1922
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