Born on 11 June 1966 in Stavanger, Norway

• Cand. jur., Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, 1992
• Assistant professor, associate professor and post-doc fellow, University of Bergen, 1992-2003
• Assistant Judge, Jæren District Court, 1994-1995
• Dr. jur., Faculty of Law, University of Bergen, 1999
• Visiting fellow, European University Institute, Florence, spring 2002
• Judge, president of Section and acting chief president at Gulating Court of Appeal, 2003-2008
• Justice at the Norwegian Supreme Court, 2008-2018
• Editor-in-chief, Norwegian Law Commentary, 2010-2022
• Judge of the European Court of Human Rights since 1 January 2019
• President of Section since 1 November 2022.