Ringerike Coast Guard (Kystvakten)

The Ringeriker Coast Guard is a civilian governmental agency under the Ministry of Home Affairs responsible, alongside the Ringeriker Navy, for fisheries inspection, icebreaking, environmental protection, maritime law enforcement, customs enforcement, border control, shipping inspection, environmental protection, maintenance of aids to navigation and search and rescue. It's vessels are routinely armed in order to facilitate these duties with space for expansion in times of national crisis or war. It also operates an aviation component to assist in these duties.

The Coast Guard is split into the outer and inner divisions, with the Outer covering the full extent of Ringerike's territorial area of control and responsibility, and the Inner covering coastal areas and the major Fjords as well as other key areas. The Inner Coast Guard also maintains operational control over the Coast Guard Volunteer Rescue Service, which operates lifeboats with mostly part-time crews paid only for disturbances to their other occupations and compensated for expenses, they also employ and train beach lifeguards, though the wage costs of these are paid by the Local Authority in which they are employed.