exekutionsenheter
Exekutionsenheter are administrative units in some Nordic and European jurisdictions responsible for the practical enforcement of court decisions and other legally binding orders. The term translates roughly to execution units or enforcement units and is used in languages such as Norwegian, Danish, and Swedish to denote a specialized part of the public administration that carries out procedural steps to ensure compliance with judgments, warrants, and fines.
Responsibilities include instituting enforcement proceedings, levying and selling assets, garnishing wages or salaries, collecting penalties, enforcing
Organizationally, exekutionsenheter are typically part of the national enforcement service or integrated within the court system.
The term describes a structural concept rather than a single universally standardized institution; its exact powers,
Related concepts include civil enforcement, debt collection, writ of execution, wage garnishment, asset seizure, and eviction