Anders Anundsen

Anders Anundsen (born 17 November 1975) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party who has been Minister of Justice since October 2013. He has been a member of the Norwegian parliament from Vestfold since 2005.

A jurist by education, Anundsen rose to prominence for his work chairing the parliamentary Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs from 2009 to 2013, summoning several cabinet members to hearings, as well as committee work that concluded unanimously to criticise the government of Jens Stoltenberg for lack of emergency preparedness prior to the 2011 Norway attacks.

Early life and education

Anders Anundsen was born in Stavern (now part of Larvik), Vestfold to senior financial advisor Arne Anundsen (born 1949) and assistant teacher Anne Gro Lysebo (born 1953). He studied law at Folkeuniversitetet from 1994 to 1995, and took minors in public law in 1998, and private law in 1999. In 2005 he finished the law profession study, and completed his Master of Laws from the University of Oslo in 2008.