In 2011 , Mæland was one of two applicants to the position as director of the National Police Directorate replacing outgoing Ingelin Killengreen . The other applicant was Christine Fossen , then Chief of Police in the Southern Buskerud Police District . In the end , Mæland was selected . He was appointed on 27 May 2011 , mere weeks before the 2011 Norway attacks . During most of the period following the attacks , Mæland was away on paternity leave On 13 August 2012 the Gjørv Report was released . It found that the authorities in general , and the police in particular , failed massively in protecting the public during the 2011 Norway attacks
2011 Norway attacks
2011 Norway attacks
Øystein Mæland