In
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of ...
, the Minister of Justice and Public Security is the head of the
Royal Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police and a member of
Government of Norway
The politics of Norway take place in the framework of a parliamentary system, parliamentary, representative democracy, representative democratic constitutional monarchy. Executive power is exercised by the Council of State (Norway), Council of St ...
. The current Justice Minister is
Emilie Enger Mehl
Emilie Enger Mehl (born 8 August 1993) is a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. She has served as minister of justice since 2021 and Member of parliament for Hedmark since 2017.
Personal life and education
Mehl was born in Lørenskog on ...
.
Until 1 January 2012 the post was named the Minister of Justice and the Police
List of ministers
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2nd Ministry (justice affairs) (1814–1818)
Ministry of Justice and the Police (1819–1945)
During the German occupation of Norway (1940–1945)
Ministry of Justice and the Police (1945–)
Minister of Immigration and Integration
The Minister of Immigration and Integration was a minister-post that was responsible for dealing with immigration and integration related cases. The post was established in 2015 in response to the
2015 European migrant crisis
The 2015 European migrant crisis, also known internationally as the Syrian refugee crisis, was a period of significantly increased movement of refugees and Human migration, migrants into Europe in 2015, when 1.3 million people came to the cont ...
, and was abolished in 2018.
Sylvi Listhaug was the first and only person to hold the post, and was promoted to Minister of Justice when the position was abolished in 2018.
Key
Minister
Minister of Public Security
The Minister of Public Security was a post established in 2019 after the
Christian Democrats
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Christian democratic parties are political parties that seek to apply Christian principles to public policy. The underlying Christian democracy movement emerged in 19th-century Europe, largely under the influence of Catholic social tea ...
joined the Solberg Cabinet. The post was primarily responsible for issues related to public security.
Key
Minister
See also
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Courts of justice of Norway
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Governor of Svalbard
The governor of Svalbard ( no, Sysselmesteren på Svalbard) represents the Norwegian government in exercising its sovereignty over the Svalbard archipelago (Spitsbergen).
The position reports to the Norwegian Ministry of Justice, but it mai ...
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Justice ministry
A justice ministry, ministry of justice, or department of justice is a ministry or other government agency in charge of the administration of justice. The ministry or department is often headed by a minister of justice (minister for justice in ...
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National Police Directorate
National Police Directorate ( no, Politidirektoratet) a government agency subordinate to the Ministry of Justice and Public Security which heads the Norwegian Police Service. The directorate is led by the National Police Commissioner (Politidirekt ...
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Norwegian Correctional Services
The Norwegian Correctional Service (in Norwegian: ''Kriminalomsorgen'') is a government agency responsible for the implementation of detention and punishment in a way that is reassuring for the society and for preventing crimes. The agency is gov ...
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Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police
The Royal Ministry of Justice and Public Security ( no, Det kongelige justis- og beredskapsdepartement) is a Norwegian government ministry that oversees justice, the police, and domestic intelligence. The main purpose of the ministry is to provid ...
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Norwegian Police Security Agency
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Politics of Norway
The politics of Norway take place in the framework of a parliamentary, representative democratic constitutional monarchy. Executive power is exercised by the Council of State, the cabinet, led by the prime minister of Norway. Legislative powe ...
References
External links
Ministry of Justice and Public Security
{{Ministers of Norway
Minister
Justice and the Police