She is the ICAPGen Study Group coordinator and has led and mentored study groups for several years. Torhild has an associate’s degree in technical translation from the University of Agder in Norway, an associate’s degree in Family History Research from Brigham Young University-Idaho, completed courses at the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy, and is a graduate of Research Like a Pro with DNA. She speaks five languages and is fluent in all Scandinavian languages.

Torhild’s work experience includes assisting Norwegian law enforcement on cold cases, doing client research in all the Scandinavian countries, and translating. She is comfortable with the old Gothic handwriting used in Scandinavian documents and has transcribed and translated many letters from “Family in the Old Country,” journals, patriarchal blessings, will and probate documents, land records, etc.