Born Trondheim, Norway, 1965, currently resident in Oslo.
After graduating from the Parsons School of Design in New York City with a degree in photography, Tronvoll began working on his series of studio portraits. Among his portraiture work are "Age Woman 25-90", which depicts a young woman living in New York City and an elderly woman who living in the village where Tronvoll was born; "Couples", portraits of standing couples; and "Double Portraits", which pairs two shots of the same person from different cuts. His work taken face on to subjects standing in front of the studio wallpaper comprise spaces with the feeling of a distinctive opening, and the neutral eye of the photographer concentrates the viewer's attention on the subject. Photographing his subjects under identical conditions draws their personalities out more strongly in their respective postures, stances, facial expressions and so on.
"Isortoq Unartoq" is the result of this strong interest in the personality broadening outward to the environment that forms the personality, which is to say culture and customs. Traveling through Greenland, Tronvoll photographed the people who live there in the context of the land and its scenery.
In 2003 Tronvoll was a participant in "Happiness: A Survival Guide for Art and Life", the opening project of the Mori Art Museum. She has garnered attention throughout the world, winning the Candida Hofer Stiftung Prize in 2006.