Johanne Marie "Nanna" Meyer (1863–1958) was a Norwegian jurist and civil servant.

She was born in Åsgårdstrand

Åsgårdstrand

Åsgårdstrand is a city in Vestfold, Norway. It is also the name of a former independent municipality and a center of trade. The town is situated 10 km south of Horten, 10 km north of Tønsberg and 100 km south of Oslo by the west coast of the Oslofjord.From 2007, the town has had the...

 as the sister of Ludvig Meyer

Ludvig Meyer

Ludvig Meyer was a Norwegian barrister, newspaper editor and politician. He belonged to the Norwegian Labour Party 1891 to 1903, and was both party leader,party secretary as well as editor of the party organ Social-Demokraten for a period...

. She graduated with the cand.jur. degree in 1901, and was hired as a secretary in the Ministry of Justice and the Police

Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police

The Royal Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police is a Norwegian government ministry in charge of justice, police and domestic intelligence. The main purpose of the Ministry is to provide for the maintenance and development of the basic guarantees of the rule of law...

in 1903. She was one of the main proponents of a law that granted women access to public offices; this went through in 1912. In 1916 she was promoted to head of department.