Monica Mæland

Monica Mæland (born 6 February 1968)[1] is a Norwegian politician for the Conservative Party who served as Minister of Justice from 2020 to 2021.

The Progress Party left the cabinet on 28 April 2009, due to a disagreement about continuing the lifespan of the toll ring financing the Bergen Program for Transport, Urban Development and the Environment.

The party reentered the cabinet a year later, and the political cooperation was resumed based on the agreement signed after the 2007 election.

When Solberg's cabinet was formed in October 2013, Mæland was appointed Minister of Trade and Industry, a post she held until January 2018.

Later in January 2020, she was appointed Minister of Justice after the Progress Party withdrew from the Solberg cabinet.