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The present study investigates police use of firearms in two Scandinavian countries. The Swedish police force is regularly armed, whereas Norwegian police are armed under special circumstances, and only by order of a police chief. Data were collected from reports of firearms use to national police authorities. An inspection of shooting incidents showed that close range assaults with knives on police increased the probability of eliciting shooting, as compared to other threats. In addition, such assaults increased the probability of injuring a suspect as well as a firing officer. A central result was that Swedish police shoot more often than Norwegian police and, in addition, more police and citizens are injured in Sweden. The relation of these results to firearms regulations is discussed.
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