The system of policing developed in Norway in the Early Modern Period is to a large extent based on structures that was established during the intense legislative period between 1260 and 1319. A separate system for protopolicing was established in the towns and in the countryside. However, both systems were based on two pillars. An ideological pillar, with a clear idea that competence to perform all acts of government on all levels originated in God. And one communal pillar, with a clear practice of balance of investigating and executive power between local community and royal and Church officers. Protopolicing in the Norwegian Middle Ages concerned fields of policy like poor relief, firefighting, executing administrative and court decisions, communal services like fee collection, documentation, conflict resolution and tax authorisation. The system is reformed in the 18^th century and vanishes in the 19^th century.