Born on 20 May 1944 in Copenhagen, Denmark

• Master of laws (juridisk embedseksamen) University of Aarhus, 1969
• Assistant Professor of public law at the University of Aarhus, 1969-70 and of constitutional law at the University of Copenhagen, 1970-74
• Legal Adviser, Ministry of Justice, 1970-78
• Head of Department at the Parliamentary Ombudsman’s Office, 1978-82
• Judge of the Court of Appeal of Western Denmark, 1982-92
• President of the Court of Appeal of Western Denmark, 1992-94
• Justice of the Supreme Court of Denmark, since 1994
• Representative of Denmark in the Council of Europe Committee of Experts on Development of Human Rights, 1983-92, and Chairman 1991-92
• Member of the European Commission of Human Rights 1995-99
• President of Section from 1 April 2006 to 31 January 2011
• Judge of the European Court of Human Rights from 1 November 1998 to 31 January 2011