Ministry of Justice and Public Security
Astri Aas-Hansen (Lab.)
Minister of Justice and Public Security
The Ministry of Justice and Public Security is responsible for the judiciary, correctional facilities, the police and prosecution authorities, the rescue service, public security, immigration authorities and the polar regions.
Civil protection and emergency preparedness
Instructions for the Ministries' work with civil protection and emergency preparedness.
Questions and answers about Norwegian immigration policy
How is responsibility divided between the Ministry, the Directorate of Immigration and the Immigration Appeals Board?
Latest from the Ministry of Justice and Public Security
What's new
- Better Measures to Detect Irregular Migration Press release 02/04/2025
- Opening speech at the international conference in the SYNERGY Network against Gender-based and Domestic Violence Speech/statement 13/02/2025
- Displaced people from Ukraine may have their residence permit for Norway extended by a further year News story 11/02/2025
- Stricter subsistence rules for family immigration Press release 13/01/2025
- White paper on total preparedness: Prepared for crisis and war Press release 10/01/2025
Documents
- Return Strategy 2025 – 2030 Plans/strategy 12/02/2025
- Meld. St. 26 (2023–2024) - Svalbard Report to the Storting 31/05/2024
- Instruction GI-06/2024 – Rejection of Russian citizens with Schengen visas for tourist purposes and other non-essential travel, in accordance with section 126, first paragraph of the Immigration Act Circular 27/05/2024
- The Norwegian Government's Action Plan on Gender and Sexual Diversity (2023–2026) Plans/strategy 06/09/2023
- Climate change, hungerand vulnerability Plans/strategy 16/02/2023
Contact
E-mail: postmottak@jd.dep.no
Phone:
+47 22 24 90 90
Address:
Postboks 8005 Dep, 0030 Oslo
Visitor address:
Gullhaug Torg 4A, Oslo