1. Knut Storberget was born on 6 October 1964 and is a Norwegian lawyer and politician for the Labour Party.
15 Facts About Knut Storberget
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Knut Storberget is currently serving as the county governor of Innlandet since 2019.
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Knut Storberget previously served as Minister of Justice under Jens Stoltenberg from 2005 to 2011.
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Knut Storberget was a member of parliament for Hedmark from 2001 to 2017, and deputy member for the same constituency from 1993 to 2001.
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Knut Storberget was first elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Hedmark in 2001, and was re-elected on three occasions.
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On 14 June 2016, Knut Storberget announced that he would not be seeking re-election in the 2017 election.
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Knut Storberget stated: "I would like to offer an unreserved apology and regret to Fritz Moen and those who knew him and were close to him, for the injustice he was subjected to".
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Knut Storberget is a key supporter of criminal rehabilitation, having built Norway's most modern prison in Halden in 2009.
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Knut Storberget rebuked the critics by declaring the prison "a beacon of light" and that Norway does not put prisoners "into cold dungeons".
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Knut Storberget declared to have eradicated the "incarceration queue" of convicts who is waiting to serve time in prison due to prisons being full.
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Knut Storberget assumed office on 1 January 2019, a year before Hedmark and Oppland were officially merged to become Innlandet.
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Knut Storberget was issued a written warning by the Minister of Digitalisation and Public Governance, Karianne Tung, in February 2025 upon the investigation's conclusion.
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In February 2009 the National Police Directorate recommended to Knut Storberget, who was then Minister of Justice and the Police, that the religious garment known as Hijab should be allowed used as a part of the standard police uniform.
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Analysts have noted that as Knut Storberget was on vacation at the time, he probably did not know about the proposal or the decision to approve it, which was authored by his state secretaries Astri Aas-Hansen and Hadia Tajik.
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Knut Storberget declared that six years as justice minister was sufficient and that he wished to focus his attention on remaining in parliament and his family.