Berglind Svavarsdóttir

2016 – Co-owner at the Law Firm of Reykjavik ehf.

2011 – 2016 Co-owner at Acta Law Firm ehf.

2003 – 2010 Co-owner at Regula Law Firm ehf.

1996 – 2003 Ran a private law practice and real estate agency in Húsavík.

1990 – 19961990 – 1996 Deputy at the District Commissioner of Húsavík, acting as his substitute from 1995-1996.

1989 Lawyer at the Directorate of Tax Investigations.

2008 Licensed to litigate before the Supreme Court.
2006 Diploma in Management from the University of Akureyri.
1997 Licensed to litigate before the District Court.
1996 Certified as a real estate and ship broker.
1989 Candidate degree in Law from the University of Iceland.
1984 Graduated from Akureyri Junior College.

Other Positions:

Judge at the Court of Reopening.

2023 – Member of the Examination Committee for District Court Litigation Licenses.
2022 – Chair of the Election Complaints Committee.
2018 – Chair of the Appeals Committee of the National Church of Iceland.

2018 – 2022 Member of the Supreme Electoral Commission for the Southwest Constituency.
2016 – 2024 Member of the Board of Landsbankinn hf., Vice-Chair from 2018.
2015 – 2016 Member of the ad hoc Reopening Committee.
2013 – Member of the Selection Committee for Icelandic candidates for the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR).
2009 – 2016 Member of the Resolution Committee of SPB (former Savings Bank).
2000 – 2006 Board member of Lundi, the student housing management company in Akureyri.
1998 – 2002 Chair of the Child Protection Committee of South-Þingeyjarsýsla.
2002 – 2007 Chair of the Child Protection Committee of Þingeyjarsýsla.
1994 – 2002 Member of the School Board of the Upper Secondary School in Húsavík.

Committees and boards:

2018 – 2021 Chair of the Icelandic Bar Association.
2015 – 2017 Board member of the Icelandic Bar Association, Vice-Chair from 2016-2017.
2008 – 2010 member of the Association of Women in Law.
1997 – 2002 Board member of the Lawyers’ Association of North and East Iceland, Chair from 2000 – 2002.
1995 – 2002 Board member of the Independence Party Association of Húsavík, Chair from 1997-2002.
1987/1988 One of the Executive Directors of Orator’s Legal Aid Service.

Berglind lauk lagaprófi frá Háskóla Íslands árið 1989, öðlaðist réttindi sem héraðsdómslögmaður árið 1995 og réttindi til málflutnings fyrir Hæstarétti Íslands árið 2008. Þá hlaut hún löggildingu sem fasteigna- og skipasali árið 1996. Diploma í stjórnun frá HA 2006. Berglind er ein af eigendum Lögfræðistofu Reykjavíkur ehf. Berglind hefur starfað sem lögmaður frá árinu 1996. Hún rak eigin lögmannsstofu og fasteignasölu á Húsavík frá 1996 til 2007 en hafði áður starfað sem fulltrúi hjá Sýslumanninum á Húsavík í 6 ár og verið staðgengill hans síðasta árið. Berglind var ein af stofnendum Regula lögmannsstofu sem var rekin á Höfn, Húsavík og Egilsstöðum frá 2003 til 2010 og jafnframt í Reykjavík frá 2005. Berglind rak ásamt fleirum Acta lögmannstofu ehf. frá 2011-2016 er Acta sameinaðist Lögfræðistofu Reykjavíkur ehf. Hún var í slitastjórn SPB hf. frá 2009 til 2016. Berglind var formaður Lögmannafélags Íslands 2018-2021 en sat jafnframt í stjórn félagsins frá 2014-2017. Berglind hefur setið í bankaráði Landsbankans hf. frá 2016.