Anders Anundsen

Anders Anundsen MP
Minister of Justice
In office 16 October 2013 – 20 December 2016
Prime Minister	Erna Solberg
Preceded by	Grete Faremo
Succeeded by	Per-Willy Amundsen
Chair of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs
In office 20 October 2009 – 30 September 2013
First Deputy	Ola Borten Moe Per Olaf Lundteigen
Second Deputy	Martin Kolberg
Preceded by	Lodve Solholm
Succeeded by	Martin Kolberg
Second Vice Chair of the Preparatory Credentials Committee
In office 1 October 2013 – 16 October 2013
Leader	Marit Nybakk
Preceded by	Elisabeth Aspaker
Succeeded by	Ulf Leirstein (2017)
First Vice Chair of the Preparatory Credentials Committee
In office 1 October 2009 – 30 September 2013
Leader	Bendiks H. Arnesen
Preceded by	Lodve Solholm
Succeeded by	Sylvi Graham
Member of the Storting
In office 1 October 2005 – 30 September 2017
Deputy	Tom E. B. Holthe
Constituency	Vestfold
Deputy Member of the Storting
In office 1 October 1997 – 30 September 2001
Constituency	Vestfold
Personal details
Born	(1975-11-17) 17 November 1975 (age 49) Stavern, Vestfold, Norway
Political party	Progress
Spouse	Marianne Ringnes
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Oslo (LL.M.)

Anders Anundsen (born 17 November 1975) is a Norwegian politician for the Progress Party who served as Minister of Justice from 2013 to 2016.^[1] He was also a member of the Norwegian parliament, representing Vestfold from 2005 to 2017.

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.