Jøran Kallmyr
{{short description|Norwegian politician}}
{{Use dmy dates |date=July 2023}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Jøran Kallmyr
| image = J Kallmyr.jpg
| caption =
| office= Minister of Justice, Public Security and Immigration
| term_start= 29 March 2019
| term_end=24 January 2020
| primeminister= Erna Solberg
| predecessor= Tor Mikkel Wara
| successor= Monica Mæland
| office2= State Secretary for the Ministry of Justice and Public Security
| term_start2= 17 October 2014
| term_end2= 19 February 2016
| primeminister2= Erna Solberg
| minister2= Anders Anundsen
| office3= Oslo City Commissioner for Transport and the Environment
| term_start3= 25 February 2009
| term_end3= 26 September 2011
| 1blankname3= Governing Mayor
| 1namedata3= Erling Lae
Stian Berger Røsland
| predecessor3= Peter N. Myhre
| successor3= Ola Elvestuen
| birth_name = Jøran André Smedal Kallmyr
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1978|04|15|df=y}}
| birth_place = Fræna Municipality, Møre og Romsdal, Norway
| death_date =
| death_place =
| death_cause =
| monuments =
| residence =
| nationality = Norwegian
| party= Progress
| other_names =
| education =
| alma_mater =
| occupation = Jurist
Politician
| years_active =
| employer =
| organization =
| agent =
| known_for =
| notable_works =
| style =
| influences =
| influenced =
| home_town =
| television =
| religion =
| spouse = Torunn Smedal Kallmyr
| partner =
| children =
| parents =
| relatives =
| awards =
}}
Jøran André Smedal Kallmyr (born 15 April 1978) is a Norwegian politician and jurist for the Progress Party{{Cite web |title=Kallmyr, Jøran (1978-) |url=https://www.stortinget.no/no/Representanter-og-komiteer/Representantene/Representantfordeling/Representant/?perid=JKAL&tab=Biography |access-date=9 August 2019 |website=stortinget.no |language=Norwegian}} who served as Minister of Justice from 2019 to 2020.
Early life
Kallmyr was born on 15 April 1978 in Fræna Municipality in Møre og Romsdal.{{Cite news |last=Ruud |first=Solveig |last2=Staveland |first2=Lars Inge |date=29 March 2019 |title=Jøran Kallmyr blir ny justisminister |url=https://www.aftenposten.no/norge/i/K38lA6/joeran-kallmyr-blir-ny-justisminister |access-date=8 April 2021 |work=Aftenposten |language=no}}
Career
He served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Justice and Public Security from 2014 to 2016.{{Cite web |title=Biografier. Jøran Kallmyr |url=http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=&lan=&MenuItem=N1_2&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=31701 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329150141/http://www.nsd.uib.no/polsys/index.cfm?urlname=&lan=&MenuItem=N1_2&ChildItem=&State=collapse&UttakNr=33&person=31701 |archive-date=29 March 2019 |access-date=29 March 2019 |publisher=Norsk samfunnsvitenskapelig datatjeneste |language=Norwegian}}
Kallmyr served as acting Oslo city commissioner for welfare and social services from 2008 to 2009. From 2009 to 2011, he served as Oslo city commissioner for transport and the environment. In the wake of the 2011 local elections, he was succeeded by Ola Elvestuen.{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Ola Elvestuen |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Ola_Elvestuen |access-date=6 July 2023 |last=Tvedt |first=Knut Are |author-link=Knut Are Tvedt |editor-last=Bolstad |editor-first=Erik |language=Norwegian |last2=Sandsmark |first2=Per Magnus Finnanger}}
Kallmyr is a lawyer and partner for the Ræder AS law firm from 2012 to 2014, 2016 to 2019 and again since 2020. There he specialises in property rights, administrative law and regulatory issues.{{Cite web |date=19 February 2016 |title=Jøran Kallmyr slutter som statssekretær for å starte lobbyavdeling i Ræder |url=https://e24.no/norsk-oekonomi/i/oRgdmR/joeran-kallmyr-slutter-som-statssekretaer-for-aa-starte-lobbyavdeling-i-raeder |access-date=30 June 2023 |publisher=E24 |language=no}}{{Cite web |date=3 August 2020 |title=Jøran Kallmyr tilbake til Ræder |url=https://www.raeder.no/aktuelt/joran-kallmyr-tilbake-til-rader/ |access-date=30 June 2023 |publisher=raeder.no |language=no}}
=Minister of Justice=
Kallmyr was appointed Minister of Justice and Immigration in Solberg's Cabinet on 29 March 2019 following Tor Mikkel Wara's resignation.{{Cite web |title=Jøran Kallmyr blir ny justisminister |url=https://www.nrk.no/norge/joran-kallmyr-blir-ny-justisminister-1.14495864 |access-date=29 March 2019 |website=NRK |language=Norwegian}}
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. Though questioned about whether he himself broke the rules, Kallmyr expressed he didn't think so, but would be apologetic if he had.{{Cite web |date=31 May 2019 |title=- Hun satte bare på sin egen vask |url=https://www.dagbladet.no/nyheter/hun-satte-bare-pa-sin-egen-vask/71135480 |access-date=30 June 2023 |publisher=Dagbladet |language=no}}
In July, he expressed concerns for private citizens and aid organisations potentially helping refugees who travelled via boat through the Mediterranean Sea. He added that this could help increase flow of refugees, more than what private citizens could have the capability to assist. The Socialist Left Party criticised his statement and called it "alarming".{{Cite web |date=10 July 2019 |title=Advarer mot å redde båtflyktninger |url=https://www.nrk.no/norge/kallmyr-advarer-mot-a-redde-batflyktninger-1.14621900 |access-date=30 June 2023 |publisher=NRK |language=no}}
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. Kallmyr expressed that the government was concretely considering a "quarantine" waiting period.{{Cite web |date=24 October 2019 |title=Vil begrense menns mulighet til å hente flere kvinner fra utlandet |url=https://www.nrk.no/vestfoldogtelemark/vil-begrense-menns-mulighet-til-a-hente-flere-kvinner-fra-utlandet-1.14755204 |access-date=30 June 2023 |publisher=NRK Vestfold of Telemark |language=no}}
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. Kallmyr himself supported his party's decision to withdraw from the cabinet.{{Cite web |date=24 January 2020 |title=Dette er Solberg-regjeringen 4.0 |url=https://www.nrk.no/norge/slik-er-solberg-regjeringen-4.0-1.14873946 |access-date=24 January 2020 |publisher=NRK |language=no}}
Personal life
References
{{Reflist |refs=
{{Cite encyclopedia |title=Jøran Kallmyr |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Norsk nettleksikon |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Jøran_Kallmyr |access-date=30 June 2023 |last=Lauritzen |first=Vibeke |editor-last=Bolstad |editor-first=Erik |language=Norwegian}}
}}
{{Authority control}}
{{s-start}}
{{s-off}}
{{s-bef | before=Peter N. Myhre}}
{{s-ttl | title=Oslo City Commissioner for Transport, the Environment and Enterprise|years=2009–2011}}
{{s-aft | after=Ola Elvestuen}}
{{s-bef | before= Tor Mikkel Wara }}
{{s-ttl | title= Minister of Justice | years= 2019–2020}}
{{s-aft | after= Monica Mæland}}
{{s-end}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kallmyr, Jøran}}
Category:Politicians from Oslo
Category:Norwegian state secretaries
Category:Progress Party (Norway) politicians