Þórhildur Oddsdóttir completed her MA degree in language pedagogy at the University of Iceland in 2004, specializing in foreign language acquisition. She studied at the University of Copenhagen in 2002, the Odense University in 1978-1980, completed a BA degree in pedagogy from the University of Iceland in 1989 and a BA degree in Danish from the same university in 1978.

Þórhildur’s research interests are foreign language acquisition, computer assisted language learning and the comparative linguistics of Danish and Icelandic.