Established in 1816, the Office of the Attorney General of Norway ( no, Regjeringsadvokatembetet) is the legal advisor to the government. The attorney general assists the executive branch of government with judicial questions and to conduct civil legal trials. The office is a body subordinate to the

Norwegian Office of the Prime Minister The Norwegian Office of the Prime Minister (, abbreviated SMK) is a cabinet department that assists the Cabinet of Norway and the Prime Minister of Norway in the leadership of the Cabinet and Government. It has since 2021 been led by Prime Minis ...

. The Director of Public Prosecutions of Norway ( no, Riksadvokaten) is the head of the Norwegian Prosecuting Authority, an independent government agency subordinate only to "King-in-Council" (

Council of State (Norway) The Council of State (Norwegian: ''Statsrådet''), is a formal body composed of the most senior government ministers chosen by the Prime Minister, and functions as the collective decision-making organ constituting the executive branch of the K ...

). The Judge Advocate General of Norway ( no, Generaladvokaten) is the head of the military prosecution authority, and is subordinate to ''riksadvokaten''. The office has 46 employees (of whom 34 are legal professionals). The current Attorney General of Norway is

Fredrik Sejersted Fredrik Sejersted (born 2 July 1965) is a Norwegian jurist, and the current Attorney General of Norway. He is a son of Francis and Hilde Sejersted. He has been a professor of law at the University of Oslo, and is known for chairing the Sejersted ...

, whereas the assisting Attorney General is Tolle Stabell. The headquarters are in

Oslo Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

List of attorneys general of Norway

This is a list of the heads of the Office of the Attorney General of Norway: * 1816–1820 :

Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne, Sr. Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne (27 September 1774 – 3 June 1835) was a Denmark, Danish-Norway, Norwegian jurist who served as the first Office of the Attorney General of Norway, Attorney General of Norway from 1816 to 1820. He belon ...

* 1820–1825 : Jonas Anton Hielm * 1822–1830 : Niels Aars * 1830–1837 : H. C. Petersen * 1837–1839 :

Frederik Stang Frederik Stang (4 March 1808 – 8 June 1884) was a Norwegian lawyer, public servant, and politician who served as Norway's 1st prime minister in Christiana. Stang was born on the Nordre Rostad farm at Stokke in Vestfold, Norway. He was the so ...

* 1839–1842 :

Eskild Bruun Eskild Bruun (12 October 1804 – 9 October 1877) was a Norwegian barrister, judge and businessman. Personal life Bruun was born in Kristiansand on 12 October 1804, a son of merchant Arnt Bruun and Johanne Louise Askildsen. From 1836 he was ma ...

* 1842–1859 :

I. W. Skjelderup Jacob Worm Skjelderup (3 December 1804 – 2 September 1863) was Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe * Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group ...

* 1859–1870 :

Bernhard Dunker Bernhard Dunker (22 May 1809 – 28 July 1870) was a Norwegian jurist, barrister and Attorney General of Norway. Personal life Dunker was born in the Duchy of Schleswig in Southern Jutland to Conradine Birgitte Hansteen and Johan Friedrich W ...

* 1870–1873 : H. C. H. Grønn * 1873–1893 :

Christian Lasson Christian Otto Carl Lasson (3 July 1830 – 7 July 1893) was a Norwegian barrister. Personal life Lasson was born in Christiania to jurist and politician Peder Carl Lasson (1798-1873) and Ottilia Pauline Christine von Munthe af Morgenstie ...

* 1893–1904 :

Johannes Bergh Johannes Bergh (18 February 1837 – 8 March 1906) was a Norwegian barrister. He was born in Åsnes to Haagen Ludvig Bergh and Christine Fredrikke Døderlein. He was married to Anna Johanne Borchgrevink from 1861. Bergh graduated as cand.jur ...

* 1904–1917 :

Karl Lous Karl Henrik Lous (14 April 1847 – 10 October 1928) was a Norwegian barrister. Personal life Lous was born in Christiania to Johan Christian Vogelsang Lous and Charlotte Sofie née Maschmann. He was married to Karoline Mathilde Zetlitz from ...

* 1917–1923 : Annæus J. Schjødt * 1924–1939 : Kristen Johanssen * 1939–1941 :

Valentin Voss Valentin Voss (27 August 1880 – 23 June 1964) was a Norway, Norwegian lawyer and civil servant. He took the cand.jur. degree in 1903 and the lawyer's license in 1909. From 1922 to 1930 he was the State Conciliator of Norway. From 1927 he was a ...

* 1941–1945 :

German occupation of Norway The occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany during the Second World War began on 9 April 1940 after Operation Weserübung. Conventional armed resistance to the German invasion ended on 10 June 1940, and Nazi Germany controlled Norway until the ...

* 1945–1962 :

Henning Bødtker Henning Bremer Bødtker (14 August 1891 – 19 November 1975) was a Norwegian jurist and civil servant. He was the Attorney General of Norway from 1945 to 1962. Personal life He was born in Svelvik as a son of ship captain Jacob Bødtker (1847� ...

* 1962–1972 :

Hans Methlie Michelsen Hans Methlie Michelsen (March 29, 1920 – January 31, 2014) was a Norwegian judge. He was born in Bergen. During the German occupation of Norway he partook in the Norwegian resistance. He was arrested in November 1943, sent to Buchenwald in Janu ...

* 1972–1993 :

Bjørn Haug Bjørn Haug (16 December 1928 – 8 April 2020) was a Norwegian jurist who held a number of appointed and elected positions. Biography He was born in Oslo. He worked in the Office of the Attorney General of Norway from 1959 to 1962 and in the p ...

* 1993–2015 :

Sven Ole Fagernæs Sven Ole Fagernæs (born 12 March 1945) is a Norwegian jurist and civil servant who was Attorney General of Norway from 1993 to 2015. Sven Ole Fagernæs was born in Oslo and got a cand.jur. degree from the University of Oslo in 1972. He worked ...

* 2015-present :

References

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