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 – 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 graduated with a law degree from the University of Iceland in 1989, obtained her license to practice before the District Court in 1995, and was granted the right to appear before the Supreme Court of Iceland in 2008. She also became a certified real estate and ship broker in 1996. She received a Diploma in Management from the University of Akureyri in 2006.

Berglind is a partner at Lögfræðistofa Reykjavíkur ehf. She has worked as a practicing attorney since 1996. She operated her own law firm and real estate agency in Húsavík from 1996 to 2007, having previously worked for six years as a legal officer at the District Commissioner’s Office in Húsavík, where she also served as deputy commissioner during her final year.

Berglind was one of the founders of Regula Law Firm, which operated in Höfn, Húsavík, and Egilsstaðir from 2003 to 2010, and in Reykjavík from 2005. From 2011 to 2016, she co-managed Acta Law Firm ehf., which later merged with Lögfræðistofa Reykjavíkur ehf.

She served on the winding-up committee of SPB hf. from 2009 to 2016. Berglind was the Chair of the Icelandic Bar Association from 2018 to 2021 and was also a board member of the Association from 2014 to 2017. She has been a member of the Board of Directors of Landsbankinn hf. since 2016.