Departments

The Ministry has nine departements, in addition to the Press Office and the Section for European and International Affairs.

  

• Department of Administration

  The Department of Administration is the Ministry’s administration and operations department with responsibility for pay and personnel policy, documentation and ICT.

  Department director: Deputy Secretary General Anne Herse

• Department of Crime Prevention

  Department director: Director General Håvard Bekkelund

• Finance and Governance Unit

  Department director: Director General Thor Arne Aass

• Migration Department

  The Migration Department is responsible for formulating and coordinating legislation and policies on immigration, asylum seekers and refugees.

  Department director: Director General Fredrik Bøckman Finstad

• Press Office

  The Press Office works as the information adviser for the political and administrative management, as well as for the nine departments.

  Department director: Head of Communications Trude Larstad

• Legislation Department

  The Legislation Department is the legal expertise department serving the Government and the central government administration.

  Department director: Director General Ketil Bøe Moen

• Polar Affairs Department

  The tasks of the Polar Affairs Department are the matters dealt with by the Ministry of Justice concerning the Norwegian Arctic and Antarctic polar regions including the administration carried out by the Governor of Svalbard, preparation of the annual Svalbard budget and coordination of the Polar affairs of the central government administration.

  Department director: Director General Øystein Mortensen

• Police Department

  The Police Department and the Directorate of the Police constitues the central authority for the police. The Police department is administratively responsible for the Superior Prosecution Authority and the Military Disciplinary Authority.

  Department director: Director General Unni Gunnes

• Department of Public Security

  The Department of Public Security is responsible for the overall coordination of public security as set out by the Instructions for the Ministries’ work with civil protection and emergency preparedness of 1 September 2017.

  Department director: Under-Secretary General for Public Security Øistein Knudsen jr.

• Civil Affairs Department

  The Department of Civil Affairs has a broad field of activity that primarily concerns the rights of individual citizens.

  Department director: Acting Director General Sven Olav Gunnerud