Life imprisonment in Norway

The sentence of life imprisonment under Norwegian law is restricted to the military penal code (e.g., for aiding the enemy during a time of war). In the civilian penal code, a law passed in 2002 allows for an indeterminate penalty that could in principle result in life imprisonment. The first Norwegian prisoner ever sentenced to the 21-years preventive detention (Norwegian: 21 års forvaring) was Viggo Kristiansen, who was convicted of murder and rape.

There are three types of maximum penalty laws:

This is a partial list of people sentenced to Preventive detention in Norway since its introduction in 2001.

As of 2011 there were 76 offenders serving a sentence of preventive detention.

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