Search OpenSanctions

Monica Mæland

Politician

Monica Mæland is a politically exposed person. They are a person of interest by virtue of their position and the influence they may hold. They have not been found on international sanctions lists.

Type	Person				[sources]
Name	Monica Mæland · Моника Маленд · Моніка Меленн · Մոնիքա Մելանդ · مونيكا مايلاند · 1 more...				[sources]
Other name	Monica Maeland				[sources]
Birth date	1968-02-06				[sources]
Place of birth	Bergen				[sources]
Gender	female				[sources]
Nationality	not available				[sources]
Country	Norway				[sources]
Citizenship	Norway				[sources]
Classification	National government (past)				[sources]
First name	Monica				[sources]
Last name	Mæland				[sources]
Wikidata ID	Q6515796				[sources]
Position	Chief Commissioner of Bergen (2003-2013) · Minister of Justice and Public Security (2020-2021) · Minister of Local Government and Regional Development (2018-2020) · Minister of Trade and Industry (2013-2018) · deputy member of the Parliament of Norway (2001-2005)				[sources]
Education	Candidate of Law (1994) · University of Bergen (1987-1991) · University of Oslo (1992-1994)				[sources]
Last change	2025-10-13	Last processed	2025-10-21	First seen	2023-04-20

Descriptions

Norwegian lawyer and politician

— Wikidata non-official source, 2023-07-18

Relationships

Family members
Relative	Relationship	Start date	End date
Отто Гельґе Меленн Close Associate	father	-	-

Positions held
Position occupied	Start date	End date
Minister of Local Government and Regional Development	2018-01-17	2020-01-24

Data sources

Wikidata Politically Exposed Persons274,430

Profiles of politically exposed persons from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

Wikidata Persons in Relevant Categories376,059

Category-based imports from Wikidata, the structured data version of Wikipedia.

Global · Wikidata · non-official source

External databases

The record has been enriched with data from the following external databases:

PEP position annotations by OpenSanctions549,033

Entity categorisation decisions by the OpenSanctions team.

External dataset · OpenSanctions · non-official source

Wikidata350,162

Wikidata is the structured data project of the Wikipedia community, providing fact-based information edited by humans and machines

External dataset · Global · Wikidata · non-official source

For experts: raw data explorer

Factsheet Descriptions Data sources

OpenSanctions is free for non-commercial users. Businesses must acquire a data license to use the dataset.

Use the API License in bulk