Velsand graduated in journalism at the Norwegian Journalist College in 1992, studied Spanish at the
Universidad Complutense de Madrid and earned a master's degree from
BI Norwegian Business School in 2011. She worked as a journalist with
Oppland Arbeiderblad and as a journalist and manager with the
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, as editor-in-chief of
Nationen from 2008 to 2013 and as CEO of
Tun Media from 2012 from 2013. From 2014 to 2017 she was a director at
Amedia. In 2017 she was appointed by the Norwegian government as the director of the
Norwegian Media Authority, succeeding
Tom Thoresen. ==References==