In this study, a comprehensive survey of important contaminants in beaked redfish (Sebastes mentella) and golden redfish (Sebastes norvegicus) from Norwegian waters was conducted. The concentrations of heavy metals and several different organic pollutants in fillet of 522 beaked redfish and 223 golden redfish were in general low. The levels were slightly lower in golden redfish than in beaked redfish, and in both species the levels were well below the EU and Norway’s maximum levels for mercury, cadmium, lead, sum dioxins, sum dioxins and dioxinlike PCBs and sum non-dioxinlike PCBs (PCB6) applicable to fish muscle for human consumption. The concentrations in liver were higher than in fillet, and the level of cadmium in liver of beaked redfish was unusually high compared to the levels in liver of other fish species from Norwegian waters. One single composite sample of liver from beaked redfish had a concentration of dioxins and dioxinlike PCBs above the maximum level applicable to fish liver for human consumption. The concentrations of contaminants in beaked redfish and golden redfish varied between the different fishing areas in much the same manner for all contaminants. For golden redfish, it was a distinct north-south gradient with highest levels in the southernmost areas, but for beaked redfish, no clear geographic trend was observed. This study has shown that, even though beaked redfish and golden redfish are slow-growing and long-lived species, the levels of contaminants in fillet of these species are low.