She hails from Bekkelaget in Oslo.^[1] She graduated with the cand.jur. degree from the University of Oslo in 1990.^[2] She was a prosecutor in Asker and Bærum Police District from 1994 to 2002, then a lawyer. She gained attention as a defender in the NOKAS robbery trial. In 2005, she was made partner in the law firm Elden. Among others, she was a coordinating court-appointed lawyer for victims during the 2011 Norway attacks trial, together with Frode Elgesem and Mette Yvonne Larsen. In late 2016 she was named as chair of the Gjenopptakelseskommisjonen [no], assuming the chair in 2017.^[3]^[1]

In her position, she especially received attention for the commission's deliberations of the Baneheia murder trial.^[4] She ultimately voted against reopening the conviction of Viggo Kristiansen, but as she was outvoted and the case was reopened, Kristiansen ended up being acquitted.^[5]^[6]

In 2022 she was named as director of the Norwegian Civil Affairs Authority.^[5]

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