Jøran Kallmyr

Jøran André Smedal Kallmyr (born 15 April 1978) is a Norwegian politician and jurist for the Progress Party[1] who served as Minister of Justice from 2019 to 2020.

[1][8] Two months into his tenure, controversy arose surrounding his family's au pair, who had been forced to leave the country after breaching the Immigration Act.

[9] In July, he expressed concerns for private citizens and aid organisations potentially helping refugees who travelled via boat through the Mediterranean Sea.

[10] In October, Kallmyr stated that the government would be looking into changing the frameworks for Norwegian men to bring foreign women home, many cases of which revealed that many suffered from abuse and exploitation.

[11] He was succeeded by Monica Mæland as justice minister in January 2020 after his party had decided to withdraw from the cabinet over a dispute regarding a Muslim woman with a sick child being brought home from Syria.