Bjorn confronts Eric at the hospital and fires a warning shot from his Beretta. However, the hammer is still down on his pistol. The first shot would have worked the action such that the hammer would be back.
An American government person would be giving a kill order to a Norwegian sniper on sovereign Norwegian soil if the US Embassy was in contact with the Norwegian government and was allowed to handle a US citizen there.
At the bridge, when police retreats, POLITI on their backs is a mirror image.