From 1811 to 1980, the faculty educated all lawyers of Norway, and still educates around 75% of new legal candidates. Its alumni hence includes the vast majority of the country's preeminent legal professionals, including academics, supreme court justices, senior civil servants, and a large number of politicians, among them 11 Prime Ministers and many cabinet ministers. This list of University of Oslo Faculty of Law alumni is limited to alumni who are notable outside the realm of Norwegian law.
Politicians
Prime Ministers of Norway
Christian Homann Schweigaard
Francis Hagerup
Emil Stang
Johan Sverdrup
Christian August Selmer
Frederik Stang
Wollert Konow (SB) Otto B. Halvorsen Otto Albert Blehr Jan P. Syse John Lyng
Foreign Ministers of Norway
Jan Petersen
Knut Frydenlund
Andreas Cappelen
Svenn Stray
John Lyng
Erling Wikborg
Trygve Lie
Johannes Irgens
Thorvald Stoltenberg
Arnold Ræstad
Christian Fredrik Michelet
Finance Ministers of Norway
Christian Michelsen
Birger Kildal
Søren Tobias Årstad
Georg August Thilesen
Fredrik Stang Lund
Francis Hagerup
Ole Andreas Furu
Evald Rygh
Olaj Olsen
Herman Johan Foss Reimers
Christian Homann Schweigaard
Henrik Laurentius Helliesen
Jens Holmboe
August Christian Manthey
Erik Røring Møinichen
Christian Zetlitz Bretteville
Rolf Presthus
Andreas Zeier Cappelen
Olav Meisdalshagen
Erik Brofoss
Gunnar Jahn
Paul Ernst Wilhelm Hartmann
Per Berg Lund
Arnold Holmboe
Otto Blehr
Edvard Hagerup Bull
Other cabinet members
Hanne Bjurstrøm, former minister of labour and social inclusion
Johan Castberg, former minister of justice and minister of Social Affairs, Trade, Industry and Fisheries Grete Faremo, former minister justice, former minister of defence, minister of justice and minister of international development Jens Holmboe, former minister of justice, minister of church and education and minister of the navy and postal affairs Rolf Jacobsen, former minister of defence Knut Storberget, former minister of justice Hadia Tajik, leader Standing Committee on Justice in the Norwegian Parliament, former Minister of Culture
Members of the Norwegian Parliament
Abid Raja, member of the Norwegian Parliament for the Liberal Party since 2013
Anton Martin Schweigaard, prominent former member of the Norwegian Parliament
Michael Tetzschner, member of the Norwegian Parliament for the Conservative Party since 2009 Olemic Thommessen, President of the Parliament of Norway since 2013
Chairpersons of the Norwegian Nobel Committee
Bernhard Getz
Fredrik Stang
Gunnar Jahn
Other politicians
Stian Berger Røsland, Governing Mayor of Oslo (since 2009) Fabian Stang, Mayor of Oslo (since 2007) Fritz Huitfeldt, former Chairman of the City Government of Oslo (1997-2000) Hans Svelland, former Chairman of the City Government of Oslo (1986-1989)
Rectors of the University of Oslo
Johs Andenæs
Lucy Smith
Frede Castberg
Fredrik Stang
Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne
International lawyers
Rolv Ryssdal, former president of the European Court of Human Rights
Frede Castberg, former president of the Hague Academy of International Law
Mads Andenæs, former director of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law Erik Møse, former president of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and current (since 2011) judge at the European Court of Human Rights Torkel Opsahl, former member of the European Commission of Human Rights and of the United Nations Human Rights Committee Helge Klæstad, former president of the International Court of Justice