Born on 16 October 1958 in Gothenburg, Sweden

• Master of Law, University of Uppsala, 1983
• Maritime law course, University of Oslo, Norway, 1983
• Assistant Judge and Associate Judge at the Administrative Court of Appeal and its courts of first instance, Stockholm, 1987-1993
• Lecturer in Constitutional and Administrative Law, Faculty of Law, University of Stockholm, 1993-1994
• Legal Adviser and Deputy Director in the Division of Constitutional Law of the Swedish Ministry of Justice, 1994-2003
• Member and Chairperson of the Council of Europe Group of Specialists on Access to Official Information under the Steering Committee for Human Rights (CDDH), 1998-2000, 2004-2008
• Assignments from the Council of Europe as expert as regards legislative projects in various Member States in Central and Eastern Europe and missions as part of the Council of Europe’s activities for development and consolidation of democratic stability in Member States, 1998-2005
• Director and Head of the Pardons Division of the Swedish Ministry of Justice, 2002-2005
• Sweden’s representative in the Council of Europe’s Steering Committee for Legal Cooperation (CDCJ), 2002-2005
• Senior Judge and Head of Division at the County Administrative Court, Stockholm, 2005-2007
• Chief Judge and Head of Division at the Administrative Court of Appeal, Stockholm, 2007-2011
• Justice of the Supreme Administrative Court, 2011-2012
• Vice-President of Section from 10 November 2015 to 31 January 2017
• President of Section from 1 February 2017 to 31 August 2018
• Judge of the European Court of Human Rights from 26 September 2012 to 31 August 2018