# Minister of Justice and Public Security

In Norway, 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 current minister is Astri Aas-Hansen.
Until 1 January 2012 the post was named the Minister of Justice and the Police.

## List of ministers

Key  Agrarian / Centre Party  Conservative Party  Coalition Party  Christian Democratic Party  Independent
 Labour Party  Liberal Party
 National Unification  Progress Party

### 2nd Ministry (justice affairs) (1814–1818)

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
| Mathias Sommerhielm | Independent | 27 November 1814 | 15 June 1815 | 200 days | Wedel I |
| Christian Adolph Diriks | Independent | 15 June 1815 | 15 September 1816 | 1 year, 93 days | Wedel I |
| Mathias Sommerhielm | Independent | 15 September 1816 | 15 May 1817 | 242 days | Wedel I |
| Christian Adolph Diriks | Independent | 15 May 1817 | 15 October 1817 | 153 days | Wedel I |
| Christian Krohg | Independent | 15 November 1817 | 4 March 1818 | 109 days | Wedel I |
| Christian Adolph Diriks | Independent | 4 March 1818 | 1 January 1819 | 303 days | Wedel I |

### Ministry of Justice and the Police (1819–1945)

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
| Christian Adolph Diriks | Independent | 1 January 1819 | 16 September 1825 | 6 years, 258 days | Wedel I |
| Poul Christian Holst | Independent | 16 September 1825 | 15 September 1826 | 364 days | Wedel I |
| Jørgen Herman Vogt | Independent | 15 September 1826 | 15 September 1827 | 1 year, 0 days | Wedel I |
| Poul Christian Holst | Independent | 15 September 1827 | 15 August 1832 | 4 years, 335 days | Wedel I |
| Vilhelm Sibbern | Independent | 15 August 1832 | 15 August 1833 | 1 year, 0 days | Wedel I |
| Poul Christian Holst | Independent | 15 August 1833 | 15 June 1836 | 2 years, 305 days | Wedel I |
| Vilhelm Sibbern | Independent | 15 June 1836 | 15 June 1837 | 1 year, 0 days | Wedel I-II |
| Andreas Arntzen | Independent | 15 June 1837 | 15 August 1837 | 61 days | Wedel II |
| Poul Christian Holst | Independent | 15 August 1837 | 21 January 1838 | 159 days | Wedel II |
| Olaus Michael Schmidt | Independent | 22 January 1838 | 15 July 1838 | 174 days | Wedel II |
| Vilhelm Sibbern | Independent | 15 July 1838 | 15 August 1839 | 1 year, 31 days | Wedel II |
| Olaus Michael Schmidt | Independent | 15 August 1839 | 15 September 1842 | 3 years, 31 days | Wedel II |
| Vilhelm Sibbern | Independent | 15 September 1842 | 15 September 1843 | 1 year, 0 days | Wedel II |
| Olaus Michael Schmidt | Independent | 15 September 1843 | 15 April 1845 | 1 year, 212 days | Wedel II Løvenskiold/Vogt |
| Hans Christian Petersen | Independent | 15 April 1845 | 15 July 1847 | 2 years, 91 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt |
| Olaus Michael Schmidt | Independent | 15 July 1847 | 19 April 1848 | 279 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt |
| Søren Sørenssen | Independent | 19 April 1848 | 1 September 1850 | 2 years, 135 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt |
| Hans Christian Petersen | Independent | 1 September 1850 | 31 August 1851 | 364 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt |
| Søren Sørenssen | Independent | 15 September 1851 | 1 June 1853 | 1 year, 259 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt |
| Hans Christian Petersen | Independent | 1 June 1853 | 31 August 1853 | 91 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt |
| Jørgen Herman Vogt | Independent | 9 September 1853 | 1 July 1854 | 295 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt Vogt |
| Hans Christian Petersen | Independent | 1 July 1854 | 31 August 1855 | 1 year, 61 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt |
| Jørgen Herman Vogt | Independent | 27 September 1855 | 29 September 1856 | 1 year, 2 days | Løvenskiold/Vogt Vogt |
| August Christian Manthey | Independent | 29 September 1856 | 11 August 1857 | 316 days | Vogt |
| Erik Røring Møinichen | Independent | 11 August 1857 | 15 September 1858 | 1 year, 35 days | Vogt |
| Hans Christian Petersen | Independent | 15 September 1858 | 29 July 1859 | 317 days | Vogt Sibbern/Birch/Motzfeldt |
| August Christian Manthey | Independent | 29 July 1859 | 1 September 1860 | 1 year, 34 days | Sibbern/Birch/Motzfeldt |
| Christian Birch-Reichenwald | Independent | 1 September 1860 | 12 December 1861 | 1 year, 102 days | Sibbern/Birch/Motzfeldt |
| Erik Røring Møinichen | Independent | 12 December 1861 | 17 December 1861 | 5 days | Sibbern/Birch/Motzfeldt |
| Gerhard Meldahl | Independent | 17 December 1861 | 15 October 1863 | 1 year, 302 days | F. Stang |
| August Christian Manthey | Independent | 28 September 1863 | 28 September 1864 | 1 year, 0 days | F. Stang |
| Gerhard Meldahl | Independent | 28 September 1864 | 15 October 1866 | 2 years, 17 days | F. Stang |
| Erik Røring Møinichen | Independent | 15 October 1866 | 15 October 1867 | 1 year, 0 days | F. Stang |
| Gerhard Meldahl | Independent | 15 October 1867 | 15 June 1869 | 1 year, 243 days | F. Stang |
| August Christian Manthey | Independent | 15 June 1869 | 1 February 1870 | 231 days | F. Stang |
| John Collett Falsen | Independent | 1 February 1870 | 15 July 1870 | 164 days | F. Stang |
| Gerhard Meldahl | Independent | 15 July 1870 | 15 October 1871 | 1 year, 92 days | F. Stang |
| John Collett Falsen | Independent | 15 October 1871 | 15 September 1872 | 336 days | F. Stang |
| Gerhard Meldahl | Independent | 24 September 1872 | 8 January 1874 | 1 year, 106 days | F. Stang |
| Jacob Aall jr. | Independent | 8 January 1874 | 15 May 1874 | 127 days | F. Stang |
| Jens Holmboe | Independent | 15 May 1874 | 15 October 1874 | 153 days | F. Stang |
| John Collett Falsen | Independent | 15 October 1874 | 15 August 1877 | 2 years, 304 days | F. Stang |
| Christian A. Selmer | Independent | 15 August 1877 | 15 August 1878 | 1 year, 0 days | F. Stang |
| John Collett Falsen | Independent | 15 August 1878 | 2 September 1879 | 1 year, 18 days | F. Stang |
| Niels Vogt | Independent | 2 September 1879 | 13 October 1879 | 41 days | F. Stang |
| Ole Andreas Bachke | Independent | 13 October 1879 | 15 September 1880 | 338 days | F. Stang |
| Christian Jensen | Independent | 11 October 1880 | 26 September 1881 | 350 days | Selmer |
| Christian H. Schweigaard | Independent | 26 September 1881 | 15 November 1881 | 50 days | Selmer |
| Ole Andreas Bachke | Independent | 15 November 1881 | 15 September 1882 | 304 days | Selmer |
| Jens Holmboe | Independent | 15 September 1882 | 15 September 1883 | 1 year, 0 days | Selmer |
| Christian Jensen | Independent | 15 September 1883 | 26 March 1884 | 193 days | Selmer |
| Christian H. Schweigaard | Independent | 26 March 1884 | 3 April 1884 | 8 days | Selmer |
| Ludvig Aubert | Independent | 3 April 1884 | 26 June 1884 | 84 days | Schweigaard |
| Aimar Sørenssen | Liberal | 26 June 1884 | 15 September 1887 | 3 years, 81 days | Sverdrup |
| Birger Kildal | Liberal | 15 September 1887 | 15 November 1887 | 61 days | Sverdrup |
| Jacob Stang | Liberal | 15 November 1887 | 28 June 1888 | 226 days | Sverdrup |
| Walter Scott Dahl | Liberal | 28 June 1888 | 1 August 1888 | 34 days | Sverdrup |
| Jacob Stang | Liberal | 1 August 1888 | 28 August 1888 | 27 days | Sverdrup |
| Olaj Johan Olsen | Liberal | 28 August 1888 | 15 September 1888 | 18 days | Sverdrup |
| Walter Scott Dahl | Liberal | 15 September 1888 | 13 July 1889 | 301 days | Sverdrup |
| Ferdinand Roll | Conservative | 13 July 1889 | 15 July 1890 | 1 year, 2 days | Stang I |
| Ulrik Arneberg | Conservative | 15 July 1890 | 6 March 1891 | 234 days | Stang I |
| Ole Anton Qvam | Liberal | 6 March 1891 | 2 May 1893 | 2 years, 47 days | Steen I |
| Francis Hagerup | Conservative | 2 May 1893 | 15 July 1894 | 1 year, 74 days | Stang II |
| Ernst Motzfeldt | Conservative | 15 July 1894 | 14 October 1895 | 1 year, 91 days | Stang II |
| Francis Hagerup | Conservative | 14 October 1895 | 15 August 1897 | 1 year, 305 days | Hagerup I |
| Harald Smedal | Liberal | 15 August 1897 | 17 February 1898 | 186 days | Hagerup I |
| Ole Anton Qvam | Liberal | 17 February 1898 | 28 April 1899 | 1 year, 70 days | Steen II |
| Einar Løchen | Liberal | 29 April 1899 | 6 November 1900 | 1 year, 191 days | Steen II |
| Ole Anton Qvam | Liberal | 6 November 1900 | 21 April 1902 | 1 year, 166 days | Steen II |
| Søren Tobias Årstad | Liberal | 21 April 1902 | 22 October 1903 | 1 year, 184 days | Blehr I |
| Francis Hagerup | Conservative | 22 October 1903 | 11 March 1905 | 1 year, 140 days | Hagerup II |
| Christian Michelsen | Coalition | 11 March 1905 | 7 June 1905 | 88 days | Michelsen |
| Edvard H. Bull | Conservative | 7 June 1905 | 27 November 1905 | 173 days | Michelsen |
| Harald Bothner | Liberal | 27 November 1905 | 23 October 1907 | 1 year, 330 days | Michelsen |
| Johan Bredal | Independent | 23 October 1907 | 19 March 1908 | 148 days | Løvland |
| Johan Castberg | Liberal | 19 March 1908 | 2 February 1910 | 1 year, 320 days | Knudsen I |
| Herman Scheel | Conservative | 2 February 1910 | 20 February 1912 | 2 years, 18 days | Konow |
| Fredrik Stang | Conservative | 20 February 1912 | 31 January 1913 | 346 days | Bratlie |
| Lars Abrahamsen | Liberal | 31 January 1913 | 26 July 1916 | 3 years, 177 days | Knudsen II |
| Andreas Urbye | Liberal | 26 July 1916 | 1 May 1917 | 279 days | Knudsen II |
| Otto Blehr | Liberal | 1 May 1917 | 21 June 1920 | 3 years, 51 days | Knudsen II |
| Otto Bahr Halvorsen | Conservative | 21 June 1920 | 22 June 1921 | 1 year, 1 day | B. Halvorsen I |
| Olaf Amundsen | Liberal | 22 June 1921 | 24 August 1922 | 1 year, 63 days | Blehr II |
| Arnold Holmboe | Liberal | 24 August 1922 | 6 March 1923 | 194 days | Blehr II |
| Otto Bahr Halvorsen | Conservative | 6 March 1923 | 23 May 1923 | 78 days | B. Halvorsen II |
| Christian L. Rolfsen | Conservative | 30 May 1923 | 25 July 1924 | 1 year, 56 days | Berge |
| Paal Berg | Liberal | 25 July 1924 | 5 March 1926 | 1 year, 223 days | Mowinckel I |
| Ingolf E. Christensen | Conservative | 5 March 1926 | 26 July 1926 | 143 days | Lykke |
| Knud Øyen | Conservative | 26 July 1926 | 28 January 1928 | 1 year, 186 days | Lykke |
| Cornelius Holmboe | Labour | 28 January 1928 | 15 February 1928 | 18 days | Hornsrud |
| Haakon M. Evjenth | Liberal | 15 February 1928 | 21 November 1930 | 2 years, 279 days | Mowinckel II |
| Arne T. Sunde | Liberal | 21 November 1930 | 12 May 1931 | 172 days | Mowinckel II |
| Asbjørn Lindboe | Agrarian | 12 May 1931 | 3 March 1933 | 1 year, 295 days | Kolstad Hundseid |
| Arne T. Sunde | Liberal | 3 March 1933 | 20 March 1935 | 2 years, 17 days | Mowinckel III |
| Trygve Lie | Labour | 20 March 1935 | 1 July 1939 | 4 years, 103 days | Nygaardsvold |
| Terje Wold | Labour | 1 July 1939 | 25 June 1945 | 5 years, 359 days | Nygaardsvold |

### During the German occupation of Norway (1940–1945)

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
| Jonas Lie | National Unification | 9 April 1940 | 15 April 1940 | 6 days | Quisling I |
| Ole Fingalf Harbek | Independent | 15 April 1940 | 25 September 1940 | 163 days | Administrative Council |
| Sverre Riisnæs | National Unification | 25 September 1940 | 8 May 1945 | 4 years, 225 days | Quisling II |

### Ministry of Justice and the Police (1945–2012)

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
| Johan Cappelen | Conservative | 25 June 1945 | 5 November 1945 | 133 days | Gerhardsen I |
| O. C. Gundersen | Labour | 5 November 1945 | 20 December 1952 | 7 years, 45 days | Gerhardsen II Torp |
| Kai Birger Knudsen | Labour | 20 December 1952 | 15 June 1954 | 1 year, 177 days | Torp |
| Gustav Sjaastad | Labour | 15 June 1954 | 22 January 1955 | 221 days | Torp |
| Jens Chr. Hauge | Labour | 22 January 1955 | 1 November 1955 | 283 days | Gerhardsen III |
| Jens Haugland | Labour | 1 November 1955 | 28 August 1963 | 7 years, 300 days | Gerhardsen III |
| Petter Mørch Koren | Christian Democratic | 28 August 1963 | 25 September 1963 | 28 days | Lyng |
| O. C. Gundersen | Labour | 25 September 1963 | 12 October 1965 | 2 years, 17 days | Gerhardsen IV |
| Elisabeth S. Selmer | Conservative | 12 October 1965 | 3 October 1970 | 4 years, 356 days | Borten |
| Egil Endresen | Conservative | 3 October 1970 | 17 March 1971 | 165 days | Borten |
| Oddvar Berrefjord | Labour | 17 March 1971 | 18 October 1972 | 1 year, 215 days | Bratteli I |
| Petter Mørch Koren | Christian Democratic | 18 October 1972 | 16 October 1973 | 363 days | Korvald |
| Inger Louise Valle | Labour | 16 October 1973 | 8 October 1979 | 5 years, 357 days | Bratteli II Nordli |
| Andreas Cappelen | Labour | 8 October 1979 | 3 October 1980 | 361 days | Nordli |
| Oddvar Berrefjord | Labour | 3 October 1980 | 4 February 1981 | 124 days | Nordli |
| Bjørn Skau | Labour | 4 February 1981 | 14 October 1981 | 252 days | Brundtland I |
| Mona Røkke | Conservative | 14 October 1981 | 4 October 1985 | 3 years, 355 days | Willoch I-II |
| Wenche F. Sellæg | Conservative | 4 October 1985 | 9 May 1986 | 217 days | Willoch II |
| Helen M. Bøsterud | Labour | 9 May 1986 | 16 October 1989 | 3 years, 160 days | Brundtland II |
| Else B. Fougner | Conservative | 16 October 1989 | 3 November 1990 | 1 year, 18 days | Syse |
| Kari Gjesteby | Labour | 3 November 1990 | 4 September 1992 | 1 year, 306 days | Brundtland III |
| Grete Faremo | Labour | 4 September 1992 | 25 October 1996 | 4 years, 51 days | Brundtland III |
| Anne Holt | Labour | 25 October 1996 | 4 February 1997 | 102 days | Jagland |
| Gerd-Liv Valla | Labour | 4 February 1997 | 17 October 1997 | 255 days | Jagland |
| Aud Inger Aure | Christian Democratic | 17 October 1997 | 15 March 1999 | 1 year, 149 days | Bondevik I |
| Odd Einar Dørum | Liberal | 15 March 1999 | 17 March 2000 | 1 year, 2 days | Bondevik I |
| Hanne Harlem | Labour | 17 March 2000 | 19 October 2001 | 1 year, 216 days | Stoltenberg I |
| Odd Einar Dørum | Liberal | 19 October 2001 | 17 October 2005 | 3 years, 363 days | Bondevik II |
| Knut Storberget | Labour | 17 October 2005 | 11 November 2011 | 6 years, 25 days | Stoltenberg II |
| Grete Faremo | Labour | 11 November 2011 | 16 October 2013 | 1 year, 339 days | Stoltenberg II |

### Ministry of Justice and Public Security (2012–)

| Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet |
| Grete Faremo | Labour | 11 November 2011 | 16 October 2013 | 1 year, 339 days | Stoltenberg II |
| Anders Anundsen | Progress | 16 October 2013 | 20 December 2016 | 3 years, 65 days | Solberg |
| Per-Willy Amundsen | Progress | 20 December 2016 | 17 January 2018 | 1 year, 28 days | Solberg |
| Sylvi Listhaug | Progress | 17 January 2018 | 20 March 2018 | 62 days | Solberg |
| Tor Mikkel Wara | Progress | 4 April 2018 | 15 March 2019 | 345 days | Solberg |
| Jøran Kallmyr | Progress | 29 March 2019 | 24 January 2020 | 301 days | Solberg |
| Monica Mæland | Conservative | 24 January 2020 | 14 October 2021 | 1 year, 263 days | Solberg |
| Emilie Enger Mehl | Centre | 14 October 2021 | 4 February 2025 | 3 years, 113 days | Støre |
| Astri Aas-Hansen | Labour | 4 February 2025 | present | 27 days | Støre |

## 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, 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  Progress Party

### Minister

| Photo | Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet | Ref |
| | Sylvi Listhaug | Progress | 16 December 2015 | 17 January 2018 | 2 years, 32 days | Solberg | |

## Minister of Public Security

The Minister of Public Security was a post established in 2019 after the Christian Democrats joined the Solberg Cabinet. The post was primarily responsible for issues related to public security.
Key  Progress Party

### Minister

| Photo | Name | Party | Took office | Left office | Tenure | Cabinet | Ref |
| | Ingvil Smines Tybring-Gjedde | Progress | 22 January 2019 | 24 January 2020 | 1 year, 2 days | Solberg | |