The Supreme Court of Iceland
Former Justices
List of former judges at the Supreme Court
About
Born in 1919, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 May 1972.
Died on 31 October 1984. Died 2010.
Vice-President of the Supreme Court 1976 – 1977. President of the Supreme Court 1978 – 1979.
Student from the Akureyri High School in 1938.
Diploma in law from the University of Iceland’s Law School 1944.
Law studies at Uppsala University 1945 - 1946, Copenhagen University 1946 - 1947, Oslo University 1947 - 1948 and special studies at Harvard Law School in Cambridge 1954 - 1955.
Set as mayor of Akranes 1944.
Professor at the University of Iceland Law School 1948 - 1972.
Rector of the University of Iceland 1960 - 1969.
Main secondary jobs:
President of the University of Iceland School of Law and Business 1951 - 1952 and 1956 - 1957.
In the Penal Code Committee 1955 – 1985. Chairman 1971 – 1985.
Chair of the Sifjalaganefnd since 1957.
Member of the board of the Scientific Fund 1957 – 1974.
Chairman of the Board of the University of Iceland’s Lottery Board 1957 - 1970.
Chairman of the Board of the Community of Academics 1958 - 1964.
Chairman of the Committee for the Evaluation of Real Estate 1962 - 1972.
Member of the Board of the Icelandic manuscripts company 1962 – 1966.
President of the National Democratic Union 1962 – 1966.
Chairman of the Board of the Icelandic Judicial Association 1977 - 1984.
About
Born 1934. Set as Supreme Court judge January - July 1989 and January - July 1995.
Appointed Supreme Court judge from 11 August 1995.
Discharged on 31 August 2000. Discharged 2004.
Student from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík 1954.
Diploma in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland, 1959.
Graduate studies in maritime law and insurance law at the University of Oslo 1967 – 1968.
Studies in civil and insurance law at Oxford University School of Law 1974, University of California, Berkeley 1978, University of Arizona, Tucson 1984 and Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand 1993.
Lawyer at the Icelandic Marine Insurance Association 1959 - 1971.
Professor at the University of Iceland School of Law 1971 - 1995.
Main secondary jobs:
President of the University of Iceland Law School 1976 - 1978 and 1990 - 1992.
Member of the board of the Icelandic Lawyers’ Association 1964 – 1969 and chairman 1982 – 1986.
Head of the Department of Humanities 1974 – 1978.
In the board of the University of Iceland Lottery 1983 - 1993.
Member of the Board of the Icelandic University Law Institute 1987 - 1995.
About
Born 1947, appointed Supreme Court Judge from 1 November 2000.
Retired on 28 February 2014.
Vice-President of the Supreme Court 2007 and President of the Supreme Court 2008 - 2009.
Student from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík 1967.
Diploma in law from the University of Iceland’s Law School 1973.
Advanced training in tax law at the University of Oslo 1974 - 1975.
Member of the Ministry of Finance in 1973 and 1976, departmental director there in 1977 – 1983 and director of the office in 1984.
Secretary at the Ministry of Fisheries 1985 - 1998.
Minister of Finance 1999 - 2000.
About
Born 1911, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 May 1945.
Retired on 31 May 1964.
Died 1985.
President of the Supreme Court September 1948 – August 1949, September 1953 – August 1954, September 1958 – August 1959 and September 1962 – August 1963.
Student from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík 1930.
Diploma from the University of Iceland Law School 1936.
Representative at the Reykjavík Law Office 1936 - 1944.
City judge in Reykjavík 1944 - 1945.
Ambassador to the Icelandic Foreign Service 1964 – 1980.
Main secondary jobs:
Chairman of the Rental Committee of Reykjavík 1941 - 1943.
Judge in the Social Court 1944 - 1945.
About
Born 1935, appointed Supreme Court judge from 11 February 1988.
Died 22 April 1991. Died 1991.
Student from Reykjavik High School, 1954.
Diploma in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland 1960.
Secondary studies in maritime law in London 1960 - 1961.
Lawyer at the Reykjavík City Council from 1960 to 1965.
District Court lawyer 1961 - 1966 and Supreme Court lawyer 1966 - 1988.
Main secondary jobs:
Chief judge of Kjaradómur 1971 - 1988, chair 1977 - 1988.
Head of the Wage Committee 1976 - 1988, Chairman 1978 - 1988.
Member of the Board of the Icelandic Bar Association 1969 - 1973, Chairman 1971 - 1973.
In the Central Board of the Icelandic Red Cross 1973 - 1986, Chairman 1982 - 1986.
About
Born 1916, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 January 1966.
Discharged on 31 December 1981. Died 1986.
President of the Supreme Court 1974 – 1975.
Student from the Akureyri High School 1935.
Diploma in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland 1940.
Member of the Reykjavík City Council (later the City Judge) 1941 - 1955.
Supreme Court lawyer 1955 - 1965.
Main secondary jobs:
In the Compensation Committee under Act 110/1951, 1952 – 1971.
Chairman of the Computer Committee 1982 - 1986.
About
Born 1926
appointed Supreme Court Judge from 1 January 1986.
Retired on 31 December 1991.
Died 1998.
Student from the Icelandic School of Commerce 1949.
Diploma in law from the University of Iceland’s Law School 1955.
Member of the Reykjavík City Council 1955 - 1961.
City judge in Reykjavík 1962 - 1985.
Main secondary jobs:
Judge in the Court of Social Justice 1974 - 1985. President of the Court of Social Justice 1983 - 1985.
Chairman of the Maritime Court 1975 - 1986.
Head of the Computer Committee 1982 - 1986.
Member of the Board of the Icelandic Judicial Association 1964 - 1972.
About
Born. 1 Sep. 1919 at Heggsstaðir in Andakílshreppur.
Died. 10 Feb 1988 in Reykjavík.
Student from M.R. 1939 with I. Eink. 7.55.
Cand. juris from the University of Iceland, May 25, 1945 with I. Eink. 211 st. Hdl. 28 Oct. 1948, hrl. 22 Dec. 1965.
A member of the town council in Hafnarfjörður and the county council in Gullbringur- og Kjósarsýsla from 20 sept. 1945 and was responsible for the police command at Keflavík Airport in his mandate 1946-50.
Appointed as mayor of Hafnarfjörður and county councillor in Gullbringur- og Kjósarsýsla on his own responsibility from 20 Oct. 1956 to 1 March 1966.
Founded a law firm in Reykjavík in March 1966 with Jón Finnsson hrl., Skúli J. Pálmason hrl. and Sveinn H. Valdimarsson hrl. and ran it with them until he was appointed. Supreme Court judge on 22 June 1973 from 1 August, discharged from office on 10 Oct 1985 from 1 Jan 1986.
Elected Vice-President of the Supreme Court on 22 Dec. 1977 from 1 Jan. 1978 to the end of 1979 and President of the Supreme Court from 1 Jan. 1980 to 1982.
Main secondary jobs:
Form. The Liberal Students’ Union 1940-41. Form. Orators 1943-44.
Deputy MP for the Progressive Party in Reykjanes, 1971-74, sat in the Althingi parliament in Oct. 1971.
In the board of the Icelandic Bar Association 1971-73. Appointed on Oct. 6, 1972. Formed the committee to review the country's judicial system at the district court level.
Member of the board of the Icelandic Department of the Nordic Law Seminars for many years.
About
Born 1867, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 December 1919.
Discharged on 13 August 1935. Died 1936.
Student in Reykjavík 1887.
Diploma from the University of Copenhagen 1893.
Spokesman at the National Court 1893 – 1896.
Mayor of Seyðisfjörður and county councilman in North-Múla county 1896 – 1897.
County commissioner and later appointed in Skagafjörður county 1897 - 2004.
Secretary to the Board of Directors 1904–1915.
Judge at the National Court 1915 - 1919.
Main secondary jobs:
Appointed as a judge in the national courts 1908 and 1911 - 1912.
Chairman of the pricing committee 1915.
Member of the board of the Icelandic Farmers Association 1909 - 1919.
In the Reykjavík Dissolution Committee, 194 - 1920. Chairman, 1915 - 1920.
About
Born 1911, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 August 1964.
Died 29 February 1976. Died 1997.
Student from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík 1930.
Diploma in law from the University of Iceland’s Law School 1935.
Learned about maritime law and the rules for compensating maritime damage in England, Germany and Denmark 1935–1938.
Member of the Reykjavík Police Commissioner 1939 - 1943.
Member of the Reykjavík City Council 1944.
City judge 1945 - 1962.
Chief Judge 1962 – 1964.
Main secondary jobs:
Chairman of the Maritime Court 1947 – 1964.
Member of the Board of the Icelandic Lawyers’ Association 1958 - 1965.
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights 1959 - 1967.
Judge in the Social Court 1962 - 1964.
About
Born in 1950, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 September 2011.
Retired on 31 August 2017.
Student from Menntaskólinn við Hamrahlíð 1970.
Diploma in law from the University of Iceland’s Law School 1975.
Advanced studies in Administrative Law at the University of Lund, Sweden 1975 – 1976.
Member of the Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs 1976 – 1977 and assistant to the minister there 1977 – 1979.
District Court lawyer 1980 - 1984 and Supreme Court lawyer 1984 - 1994.
Professor of law, Faculty of Law, University of Iceland 1994 - 2011.
Main secondary jobs:
Director of the Union of Composers and Copyright Owners (STEFs) 1987 - 2011.
Chairman of the Information Commission 1997 - 2004.
Chair of the Advocacy Committee under the Law of Lawmakers 1999 - 2006.
Chairman of the Appeal Board under the Law on the Status, Governance and Practice of the National Church 2008 - 2011.
Chair of the Judicial Committee on the Eligibility of Applicants for the Court of Justice of 2011.
Member of the Judicial Affairs Committee 1988 – 1992, 1994 - President, 2012
In the Copyright Committee 1995 – 2011.
In the Judicial Affairs Committee 2007 - 2011.
Teacher at the Faculty of Business and later the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland 1976 – 1994.
President of the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland 2002 - 2005.
Vice President of the University of Iceland University Council 2004 - 2006.
Member of the Board of the Icelandic Bar Association 1984 - 1986.
Chairman of the Icelandic Lawyers’ Association 1986 - 1988.
Chairman of the Icelandic Copyright Society 2000 - 2012.
About
Born 1942, appointed Supreme Court Judge from 1 January 1992.
Retired on 30 September 2012. Vice-president of the Supreme Court 1998 – 1999 and President of the Supreme Court 2000 – 2001.
Student from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík 1962.
Diploma in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland 1967.
Advanced studies in legal philosophy at the University of Oxford, England 1967 – 1969 and 1971.
Member of the Reykjavík District Court in 1970, Chief Deputy from 1973 - 1974.
City Judge 1974 - 1991.
Main secondary jobs:
Member of the Board of the Icelandic Law Society 1975 - 1978 and 1987 - 1992.
Chairman 1988 - 1992.
President of the Court of Arbitration 1986 - 1992.
Member of the Board of the Icelandic Judicial Association. Chairman 1997.
About
Born 1902, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 October 1935.
Died on 1 March 1972. Died 1997.
Student from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík 1923.
Diploma in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland 1927.
Secondary studies at the universities of Berlin and Copenhagen 1927 and 1928.
Accountant for county and town councils 1928 - 1929.
Member of the Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs 1929 – 1935.
Main secondary jobs:
Chairman of the National Tax Committee 1934 – 1935.
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors under the Law on the Fishing of Lax and Silver 1942 - 1990.
About
Born 1954, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 September 2011.
Dismissed on 31 August 2020. Dismissed in 2023.
Student from the Icelandic School of Commerce 1975.
Diploma from the University of Iceland’s Law School 1980.
Completed three semesters of business and operations studies from the University of Iceland’s Institute of Education 1999.
Judge at the Reykjavík City Sheriff's Office 1980 - 1988.
Appointed as City Sheriff 1988 - 1992.
Head of department at the Reykjavík District Commissioner’s office 1992 - 1993.
Judge at the Reykjavík District Court 1993 - 1994, director of the office there 1994 - 1999 and district judge there 1999 - 2011.
Main secondary jobs:
In the Appellate Committee under the Law on the Status, Governance and Practice of the National Church from 2011 - 2014.
Chair of the Reykjavík Committee for the Protection of the Children 1998 - 2006.
Member of the Board of the Icelandic Judicial Association 2005 - 2011.
About
Born 1925, appointed Supreme Court judge from 15 September 1982 and appointed to that post from 1 January 1983. Dismissed from 31 August 1991. Died 2019.
Vice-President of the Supreme Court 1987 – 1988 and President of the Supreme Court 1989 – 1990.
Student from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík 1944.
Diploma in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland, 1952.
Member of the Reykjavík City Council 1954 - 1961.
City judge 1962 - 1982.
Main secondary jobs:
President of the Social Court 1974 - 1980.
Member of the Board of the Law Society 1965 – 1968.
Member of the Board of the Icelandic Judicial Association 1976 – 1979.
In the Taxation Commission 1976 – 1979.
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors under the Law on the Fishing of Lax and Silver from 1990 to 1994.
About
Born in 1922, appointed Supreme Court Judge from 1 September 1982 to 30 June 1983 and appointed Supreme Court Judge from 1 November 1984.
Discharged on December 31, 1989. Died 2013.
Student from Menntaskólinn á Akureyri 1944.
Diploma in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland, 1952.
Employee at the Tax Office in Reykjavik 1952 - 1954.
Lawyer and employee of the Kaupfélag Eyfirðinga 1955 - 1964.
Director of Tax Investigations 1964 - 1967.
District Court and Supreme Court lawyer 1967 – 1982.
Main secondary jobs:
Chairman of the Committee for Contractual Procurement 1967 - 1982.
Chairman of the Wage Tribunal 1971 – 1977.
Chairman of the wage committee 1976 – 1977.
Chairman of the Board of the Pension Fund of Farmers 1978 - 1982.
Chairman of the State Tax Committee 1972 - 1979.
About
Born 1936, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 July 1986.
Retired on 15 April 2006. Appointed as Supreme Court Judge from 15 September 1982 to 30 June 1983, from 1 September 2014 to 31 March 2015, 1 January 2016 to 29 February 2016 and from 6 February 2018 to 31 March 2018. Vice President of the Supreme Court 1989 – 1990 and 2000 – 2001 and President of the Supreme Court 1991 – 1992 and 2002 – 2003.
Student from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík 1956.
Diploma in law from the University of Iceland’s Law School 1961.
District Court and Supreme Court lawyer 1961 – 1978.
Assistant Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Iceland 1970 - 1986.
Main secondary jobs:
Chairman of the Equal Pay Council 1973 – 1976.
Chairman of the Equality Council 1976 – 1979.
Member of the Committee on Civil Liberties 1974 – 1998.
Member of the Board of the University of Iceland Law Institute 1979 - 1986.
Vice-chairman of the board of the Icelandic Lawyers’ Association 1981 - 1985.
About
Born 1928, was appointed as Supreme Court judge from 1 August to 10 July 1990 and from 1 January 1991 until he was appointed as Supreme Court judge from 1 June 1991.
Died 31 August 1994. Died 1997.
Student from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík 1948.
Diploma in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland, 1954.
Representative of the Reykjavík City Judge 1954 - 1960.
District Court and Supreme Court lawyer 1960 – 1991.
About
Born 1910, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 January 1970.
Discharged September 16, 1970. Died 1983.
Student in Reykjavík 1929.
Diploma in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland 1934.
Higher education at universities in Denmark, Germany and England 1935 - 1936.
Law work 1936 – 1940.
Professor at the University of Iceland’s Law School 1940 - 1950 and 1971 - 1978.
Mayor of Reykjavík 1947 - 1959. Minister 1959 - 1965, 1974 - 1978 and 1980 - 1983.
Member of Parliament 1934 - 1937, 1942 - 1965 and 1971 - 1983.
Ambassador to the Icelandic Foreign Service 1965 – 1969.
About
Born 1946, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 September 1994.
Retired on 31 August 2013. Vice-President of the Supreme Court 1004 - 2005 and President of the Supreme Court 2006 - 2007.
Student from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík 1966.
Diploma in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland 1972.
Secondary studies in civil law at the University of Oslo 1972 - 1973.
Member of the Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs 1972.
Member of the Ministry of Finance 1973 – 1974 and departmental director there 1975 – 1984.
State Attorney 1974 – 1994.
Main secondary jobs:
Member of the Judicial Committee 1994 - 2012.
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors under the Law on the Fishing of Lax and Silver 1995 - 2006.
Chair of the Judicial Affairs Committee 1998 - 2010.
Member of the Board of Directors of the State Pension Fund 1984 – 1990, including Chairman 1986.
Member of the Board of the Icelandic Lawyers’ Association 1977 - 1979 and chairman 1992 - 1994.
About
Born 1855, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 December 1919.
Discharged September 16, 1923. Died in 1923.
Student in Reykjavík 1877.
Diploma in law from the University of Copenhagen in 1883.
County official in Dala county 1883 – 1886.
Mayor of Reykjavík 1886 - 1908.
Judge in the National Court 1908 - 1919.
Office manager of Alþingi 1912 – 1913.
Main secondary jobs:
In the Reykjavík Dissolution Committee 1908 – 1914, chairman 1911 – 1914.
About
Born 1921, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 September 1982.
Discharged on 31 August 1987. Died 2008.
Student from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík 1939.
Diploma in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland 1945.
Representative of the Reykjavík Criminal Court 1945 - 1961.
Judge at the Reykjavík Criminal Court 1961 - 1973.
Chief Judge at the Reykjavík Criminal Court 1973 - 1982.
Main secondary jobs:
Set as mayor of Sauðárkrókur and county councilman in Skagafjörður in 1948.
Vice-chair of the Maritime Court 1973 - 1982.
Member of the Judicial Committee 1978 – 1994.
About
Born 1938, appointed as Supreme Court judge from 1 September 1988 and appointed from 1 January 1989.
Retired on 31 August 2003. Vice-president of the Supreme Court 1994 - 1995 and President 1996 - 1997.
Student from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík 1958.
Diploma in law from the University of Iceland’s Law School 1964.
Member of the town council in Keflavík 1964.
Member of the town council in Kópavogur 1964 – 1973.
Criminal judge at the Reykjavík Criminal Court 1973 - 1988.
Main secondary jobs:
Chairman of the Inquiry Commission for Maritime Accidents 1973 - 1983.
Member of the Board of the Icelandic Judicial Association 1987 - 1990.
In the Road Traffic Council 1978 - 1990, including the Council Executive Committee 1982 - 1987.
About
Born 1955, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 October 2012. Vice-president of the Supreme Court from 01.01.2017 - 30.04.2020.
Retired on 30 April 2020.
Student from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík 1975.
Diploma from the University of Iceland’s Law School 1980.
Representative at Gylfi Thorlacius’ law firm 1980.
Judge at the office of the town council in Sauðárkrókur and the county council in Skagafjörður in 1980 - 1983.
Judge at the Reykjavík Criminal Court 1983 - 1985.
Judge at the office of the sheriff of Ísafjörður and the district commissioner of Ísafjörður 1985.
A sentenced criminal judge at the Reykjavík Criminal Court in 1985.
Head of department at the Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs 1986.
Criminal judge at Reykjavík Criminal Court 1986 - 1992.
District Judge at Reykjavík District Court 1992 - 2011, including Judge since 2003.
Appointed Supreme Court Justice 2011 - 2012.
Main secondary jobs:
Deputy member of the Committee on Fiscal Reform 1992 - 2000 and Chief Member of the Committee 2000 - 2012.
Member of the Board of the Icelandic Judicial Association 1992 - 2003, Vice-Chairman 1995 - 1999 and Chairman 1999 - 2003.
Member of the Board of the Icelandic Legal Association from 1995 - 2012, Vice-Chairman from 2005 - 2008 and Chairman from 2008 - 2012.
Teacher at the University of Iceland’s Law School 2001 - 2003 and 2009 - 2012.
About
Born 1944, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 May 2006.
Retired on 31 July 2010. Appointed as Supreme Court judge 1 March 2016 - 30 April 2016.
Student from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík 1964.
Diploma in law from the University of Iceland’s Law School 1971.
Law studies at Oxford University 1971 – 1974.
MA in Philosophy from Rutgers University New Jersey, USA 1979.
Law studies at Georgetown University, Washington DC, USA 1990-1991 and in Copenhagen 1996.
Member of the municipal sheriff’s office in Kópavogur 1974.
Member of the town council in Hafnarfjörður 1974 - 1975.
Member of the Reykjavík City Council 1975 - 1979.
County councilman in Strandasýslu 1980 - 1983.
Reykjavík City Judge 1983 - 1992.
District Court Judge in Reykjavík 1992 - 2003.
Judge at the District Court of South Iceland 2004 - 2006.
Main secondary jobs:
Appointed as mayor and county councillor in Ólafsfjörður, Bolungarvík and Stranda county in 1987, 1990, 1992, 1994 and 1995.
In the Equality Appeals Board 1997 - 2000.
In the Board of Trustees 1992 - 2000.
The Board of the Icelandic Judicial Association 2002 - 2006 needs a chairman 2003 - 2006.
About
Born 1935, was appointed as Supreme Court judge from 20 February to 30 June 1988 and appointed from 1 March 1990.
Retired on 28 February 2001.
Student from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík 1954.
Diploma in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland 1960.
Graduate studies at the University of Toronto Law School in Canada 1961 – 1963.
Member of the law firm 1960 - 1961 and 1963.
District Court and Supreme Court lawyer 1964 – 1990.
Main secondary jobs:
In Reykjavík Central Election Board 1967 – 1991.
Member of the Board of the Icelandic Bar Association 1971 - 1973.
About
Born 1938, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 September 1987.
Retired on 31 August 2007.
Vice-President of the Supreme Court 1993 and President 1994 - 1995.
Student from the Akureyri High School in 1958.
Diploma in law from the University of Iceland’s Law School 1965.
Secondary education at the University of Oslo 1967 – 1968.
Advanced studies at Bristol University, England 1973.
Studies in company law at the University of Oslo in 1984 and in the criminal justice system in Copenhagen in 1992.
Member of the Reykjavík District Court 1965 - 1972, Chief Deputy 1970 - 1972.
Reykjavík City Judge 1972 - 1987.
Main secondary jobs:
Member of the Board of the Icelandic Lawyers’ Association 1969 - 1973.
Member of the Board of the Community of Academics 1970 – 1974.
Member of the Board of the Icelandic Judicial Association 1977 - 1981 and 1992 - 1993.
In the Reykjavík Central Election Board 1979 - 1987.
Chair of the Judicial Affairs Committee 1988 - 1994.
About
Born 1948, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 March 2001.
Retired on 28 February 2014. Appointed as Supreme Court judge on 1 January 1994 - 31 December 1994 and on 1 May 2016 - 30 June 2016.
Vice-President of the Supreme Court 2008 – 2009 and President of the Supreme Court 2010 – 2011.
Student from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík 1968 and teacher’s diploma from the Icelandic Teachers’ College 1969.
Diploma in law from the University of Iceland’s Law School 1975.
Judge at Reykjavík Criminal Court 1975 - 1983 and Chief Deputy 1983 - 1984.
Criminal judge at the Reykjavík Criminal Court 1984 - 1992.
District Judge at Reykjavík District Court 1992 - 2001.
Main secondary jobs:
Teacher at the University of Iceland Law School 1981 - 1982.
Deputy Judge in the Court of Social Justice 1986 - 1989 and permanent judge there 1989 - 2001.
In the Multi-Apartment Housing Appeals Board 1995 – 2010, including Vice Chairman 1995 – 2007.
Member of the Criminal Justice Committee 1997 - 2003. Member of the Board of the Icelandic Judge’s Association 2001 - 2006.
Vice-chair of the Judicial Affairs Committee since 2004.
About
Born 1890, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 May 1945.
Died 31 March 1960. Died 1966.
Student in Reykjavík 1910.
Diploma in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland 1914.
A barrister and later a barrister in Reykjavík 1914 - 1918.
Representative of the Chief of Police in Reykjavík 1918 - 1919.
Spokesperson at the National Court 1918 - 1919.
Spokesperson 1920 - 1945.
Main secondary jobs:
Chairman of the Icelandic Language Expressionist Society 1922 – 1926.
Judge in the Social Court 1941 - 1945.
In the National Election Board 1934 - 1956.
About
Born 1947, appointed Supreme Court justice from 15 October 2004.
Retired on 30 September 2012.
Student from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík 1967.
Diploma in law from the University of Iceland’s Law School 1973.
Member of the law firm 1974 - 1977.
District Court and Supreme Court lawyer 1977 - 2004.
Professor at the University of Reykjavík Law School 2002 - 2004.
Main secondary jobs:
Teacher at the University of Iceland’s Law School 1975 – 1977, Associate Professor 1977 – 1978 and Adjunct Professor 1979 – 1981.
Member of the Board of the Icelandic Lawyers’ Association 1974 - 1979.
Member of the Judicial Committee 1981 – 1989.
Member of the Board of the Icelandic Bar Association 1981 - 1986, including chairman 1983 - 1986.
In the National Electoral Commission 1991 - 1995.
About
Born 1903, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 May 1945.
Discharged on 31 December 1969. Died in 1970.
Student in Reykjavík 1925.
Diploma in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland 1930.
Representative of the Chief of Police in Reykjavík 1930 - 1936.
Police Commissioner in Reykjavík 1936 - 1940.
Criminal judge in Reykjavík 1940 - 1945.
Main secondary jobs:
Chairman of the State Tax Committee 1935 - 1945.
Member of the Board of the District Judge’s Association 1941 - 1945.
State Comptroller 1942 – 1945.
About
Born 1852, appointed Chief Justice of the Supreme Court from 1 December 1919.
Discharged on 2 July 1926. Died 1926.
Student in Reykjavík 1870.
Diploma in law from the University of Copenhagen in 1875.
Landfógeti skrifari 1876 – 1877.
County official in Gullbringur- og Kjósarsýsla 1878 – 1886.
Judge at the National Court 1886 1919. Chief judge there 1908 – 1911 and 1912 – 1919.
Minister of Iceland 1911 - 1912.
Main secondary jobs:
King-elect of the Icelandic Parliament 1893 – 1904.
MP for Borgarfjörður 908 - 1914.
Secretary of the Parliamentary Assembly 1877, 1887 and 1891.
CEO of Íslandsbanki 1912 - 1914.
In the Reykjavík Supertax Committee 1892 – 1895.
Chairman of the Reykjavík Distortion Committee 1896 – 1902.
About
Born 1898, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 May 1960.
Died 10 March 1964. Died 1977.
Student in Reykjavík 1917.
Secondary education in Denmark 1920 - 1921.
Diploma in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland 1920.
Member of the Reykjavík City Council 1921 - 1924.
Supreme Court lawyer 1924 - 1960.
Main secondary jobs:
Member of Parliament for Seyðisfjörður 1942 - 1956.
Chairman of the Icelandic Bar Association 1947 - 1960.
About
Born 1866, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 December 1919.
Discharged on 31 March 1931. Died 1934.
Student in Reykjavík 1885.
Diploma in law from the University of Copenhagen's law department in 1891.
Spokesperson at the National Court 1891 – 1892.
Mayor of Ísafjörður and county councilman in Ísafjörður county 1892 – 1894.
County magistrate in Snæfellsnes- og Hnappadalssýsla 1894 - 1908.
Head of the Reykjavík Law School 1908 – 1911.
Professor at the University of Iceland Law School 1911 - 1919.
Rector of the University of Iceland 1913 - 1914.
Main secondary jobs:
MP for Snæfellsnes County 1900 – 1908.
King-elect of the Icelandic Parliament 1908 – 1911.
Member of Parliament for Reykjavík 1911 – 1914.
About
Born 1917, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 August 1964.
Discharged on 31 December 1982. Died in 2000.
President of the Supreme Court 1972 - 1973 and 1982 - 1983.
Student from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík 1939.
Diploma in law from the University of Iceland’s Law School 1944.
Member of the Reykjavík Criminal Court 1944 - 1951.
Member of the Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs 1951 – 1961.
Chief Judge of Reykjavík 1961 - 1964.
Main secondary jobs:
Vice-chairman of the Maritime Court 1961 – 1964.
About
Born 1934, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 January 1982.
Discharged on December 8, 1989. Died in 2013.
President of the Supreme Court 1988. Died 2013.
Student from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík 1954.
Diploma in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland, 1959.
Secondary studies in Copenhagen 1959 - 1960.
Member of the Reykjavík City Council from 1960 to 1967.
City judge 1967 - 1979.
Lawyer with the European Commission for Human Rights 1979 - 1981.
Lawyer at EFTA 1990 - 1991. Supreme Court lawyer 1991 - 2013.
Main secondary jobs:
Member of the Board of the Icelandic Judicial Association 1972 – 1976.
Chairman of the Judicial Affairs Committee 1982 – 1987.
Chairman of the Board of Supervisors under the Law on Salmon and Silver Fishing 1983 - 1989.
About
Born 1922, appointed Supreme Court Judge from 15 November 1970.
Died on 31 December 1987. Died 1993.
Vice-President of the Supreme Court 1974 – 1975 and 1983 – 1984.
President of the Supreme Court 1976 – 1977 and 1985 – 1986.
Student from the Akureyri High School 1942.
Diploma in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland 1949.
Secondary studies in Copenhagen 1954 - 1955.
Member of the Ministry of Trade 1949 - 1951.
Lawyer for the price control officer 1951.
Member of the Reykjavík City Council 1951 - 1955.
Professor at the University of Iceland School of Law 1955 - 1970.
About
Born in 1954, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 July 1994. Vice-president of the Supreme Court in 2002 and 2003 and president of the Supreme Court in 2004 and 2005 and from 01.01.2012 - 31.12.2016.
Retired 30 September 2019.
Student from Menntaskólinn við Tjörnina 1974.
Diploma in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland 1979.
Advanced studies at the Det Retsvidenskabelige Institut at the University of Copenhagen 1979 – 1981.
Representative of the town council in Keflavík, Njardvík and Grindavík and the county council in Gullbringu county in 1979.
Member of the Reykjavík City Council 1981 - 1985.
Mayor of Reykjavík 1985 - 1988.
Professor of law at the University of Iceland 1988 - 1994.
Main secondary jobs:
Teacher at the University of Iceland’s Law Department 1984 – 1988.
In the Judicial Affairs Committee 1986 – 2011, including Chairman 1994 – 2011.
Member of the University of Iceland Law Committee 1988 – 1994, including chair 1990-1994
Editor of the Icelandic National Archives 1992 – 1999.
Member of the Board of the Reykjavík Union of Judges 1985 – 1988.
Member of the Board of the Icelandic Lawyers’ Association 1992 - 1994.
About
Born 1868, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 December 1919.
Discharged on 13 August 1935. Died 1954.
Student in Reykjavík 1886.
Diploma in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Hafnarfjörður 1891.
Member of the National Court 1891 – 1893.
County magistrate in Barðastrandarsýslu 1893 – 1899.
Mayor of Hafnarfjörður and county councilman in Gullbringur- og Kjósarsýsla 1899–1908.
Mayor of Reykjavík 1908 - 1914.
Mayor of Akureyri and county councilman in Eyjafjarðarsýsla 1914 - 1919.
About
Born 1949, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 October 1991.
Retired on 30 September 2004.
Vice-President of the Supreme Court 1996 and 1997.
President of the Supreme Court 1998 and 1999.
Student from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík 1969.
Diploma in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland 1976.
Advanced studies in international law at the University of Cambridge 1977 - 1978.
MA in history from the University of Iceland 2009.
Representative of the Chief of Police in Reykjavík 1976 - 1977.
Member of the Ministry of Finance 1978 - 1983.
Vice-chair of the Icelandic Judicial Association 1988 - 1992.
Mayor of Ísafjörður and county councilman of Ísafjörður 1983 - 1991.
Main secondary jobs:
Member of the Board of the Icelandic Lawyers’ Association 1979 - 1983.
Chairman of the Central Election Board of the Westfjords District 1983 - 1987.
Appointed as mayor of Bolungarvík in 1988 and 1990.
President of the National Church Council 2006 - 2012.
About
Born 1921, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 August 1979.
Died 30 June 1986. Died 2005.
Vice-President of the Supreme Court 1985 – 1986.
Student from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík 1939.
Diploma in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland 1945.
Member of the Ministry of Justice and Ecclesiastical Affairs 1945 – 1955.
Lawyer and Director of the Directorate of Finance 1953 - 1955.
Mayor of Kópavogur 1955 - 1979.
Main secondary jobs:
Member of the Board of Directors of the Pension Fund for Midwives 1950 – 1970.
Chairman of the Icelandic Judicial Association 1971 - 1972.
Member of the Judicial Committee 1972 – 1978.
Chairman of the Icelandic County Commissioner’s Association 1972 - 1973.
About
Born in 1954, appointed Supreme Court judge from 10 September 2010. Vice-president of the Supreme Court from 01.01.2012 - 31.12.2016.
Retired 30 September 2019.
Student from Menntaskólinn við Tjörnina 1974.
Diploma in law from the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland 1979.
Secondary studies at the University of Oslo Law School 1979 - 1981 and Uppsala University 1995 - 1996.
Member of Arnmundur Backman’s law firm hrl. 1981 – 1985.
Member of the City Chamber of Commerce, Borgartún 24, Reykjavík 1985 - 1996.
District Court lawyer 1982 and Supreme Court lawyer 1987.
Professor of Civil Litigation at the University of Iceland 1996 – 2010.
Appointed Supreme Court Justice 2009 - 2010.
Main secondary jobs:
Member of the Judicial Committee 1991 - 2012.
About
Born 1952, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 September 2011. President of the Supreme Court from 01.01.2017 - 31.08.2020.
Exhausted on 31 August 2020
Student from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík 1973.
Diploma from the University of Iceland’s Law School 1978.
Master's degree (LL.M) in International Law and Private International Law from the Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA 1980.
Judge in Reykjavík 1978 - 1982.
Assistant to the Supreme Court Judge 1982 – 1984.
Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland, 1984 – 1986.
City judge in Reykjavík 1986 - 1987.
Professor of Claims Law at the University of Iceland 1987 - 1999.
Minister of Industry and Commerce 1999 - 2003.
Judge at the EFTA Court in Luxembourg 2003 - 2011.
Main secondary jobs:
Chairman of the Appeals Board for Trademark and Patents 1984 – 1990.
Chairman of the Computer Committee 1986 - 1999.
President of the University of Iceland Law School 1995 - 1997.
Vice President of the University of Iceland University Council 1996 - 1997.
About
Born 1930. Appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 March 1976.
Retired 30 June 1995. Died 2015.
Vice-President of the Supreme Court 1982 – 1983 and 1991 – 1992. President of the Supreme Court 1983 – 1984 and 1993.
Student from Menntaskólinn í Reykjavík 1949.
Diploma in law from the University of Iceland’s Law School 1957.
Higher education at New York University in 1958 and the University of Copenhagen in 1959.
During my own research as a grant recipient of the Science Fund 1959 – 1960.
Member of the Reykjavík City Council from 1960 to 1961.
City judge in Reykjavik 1962 - 1967.
Professor at the University of Iceland’s Law School 1967 – 1976.
Main secondary jobs:
Teacher at the Faculty of Law, University of Iceland, 1959 - 1962.
Professor at the University of Iceland’s Law School 1962 – 1967.
Chairman of the Icelandic Lawyers’ Association 1971 - 1974.
In the Judicial Committee 1972 - 1982, Chairman 1981 - 1982.
Head of the University of Iceland Law Institute 1974 – 1976,
Judge of the European Court of Human Rights 1971 - 1997.
Judge at the EFTA Court 1993 - 2002.
About
Born 1897, appointed Supreme Court judge from 1 October 1935.
Discharged on 31 December 1965. Died in 1975.
Student in Reykjavík 1920.
Diploma in law from the University of Iceland’s Law School 1924.
Secondary studies in Berlin 1928 - 1929 and Copenhagen 1929.
Doctor juris from the University of Iceland 1934.
Member of the Reykjavík City Council 1924 - 1927.
Various legal professions in Reykjavík 1930 - 1933.
Professor at the University of Iceland’s Law School 1934 – 1935.
Main secondary jobs:
Chairman of the Reykjavík Board of Supervisors 1932 - 1935.