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Norway: Parliament says people can see files

01 May 1997

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Norwegians who suspect that they have been under surveillance by the Norwegian security police (POT) are to be allowed to read their own files. If the surveillance was illegal they may have the right to compensation for damages and everyone is guaranteed that the information can be destroyed if necessary. This is the result of the parliamentary debate after the Lund-report, where the parliament also ordered the government to create a special body to handle the these issues.

Approximately 50,000 Norwegians have been recorded in the POT-register mainly because of their political views. POT's activities in gathering the information involved the active cooperation of the Social-Democratic party. Former Prime Minister Gro Harlem Brundtland as well as the present Prime Minster Thorbjörn Jagland, both leaders of the Social Democratic Party, have refused to give any form of apology to the illegally surveilled people, even though the Social-Democrats actively - even personally - took part in the illegal bugging and telephone-tapping.

Göteborgs-Posten, 8.6.97.

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