Minister nominates Ásgerður Ragnarsdóttir to Supreme Court

Justice Minister Þorbjörg Sigríður Gunnlaugsdóttir has decided to propose Ásgerður Ragnarsdóttir for appointment as a judge of Iceland’s Supreme Court from 1 September 2026, mbl.is reports, citing a statement from the ministry.

Ásgerður graduated in law from the University of Iceland in 2004 and completed an additional LL.M. degree at the University of Cambridge in 2008. She was licensed to practise before the District Court in 2005 and before the Supreme Court in 2016.

After completing her legal studies, she worked as a lawyer at the Ministry of Justice from June 2004 until December 2005. She then became a judicial assistant at the Supreme Court, a position she held until September 2008.

Judged at district and appeal courts

From September 2008 to early 2018, Ásgerður worked as a lawyer at a law firm and became a partner in 2012. She was appointed a judge at Reykjavík District Court in early 2018 and served there until becoming a judge at the Court of Appeal in May 2023.

She has been president of the Labour Court since September 2021 and is a deputy judge at the EFTA Court.

Ásgerður served on the Appeals Committee for Public Procurement from 2013 to 2021, including as its chairwoman from April 2019. She was also an alternate member of Óbyggðanefnd for more than two years and an alternate member of the Welfare Appeals Committee for four years.

She served on the board of the University of Iceland’s Human Rights Institute from 2009 to 2017 and on the Ethics Committee of the Icelandic Bar Association from 2016 to 2018.

Ásgerður has been an adjunct lecturer at the University of Iceland’s Faculty of Law since 2017. She previously taught part-time at the university from 2009.

According to the ministry, she has co-authored a peer-reviewed academic book, two peer-reviewed book chapters and five peer-reviewed academic articles. She has also served on various editorial boards and contributed to the drafting of legislative bills.