Background
He was born in Sjøvegan, and graduated as candidate.jur.
He was born in Sjøvegan, and graduated as candidate.jur.
In 1975. He worked in the Ministry of Justice and the Police from 1976 to 1978, as an attorney in Trondenes from 1971 to 1981, in the Office of the Attorney General of Norway from 1985 and as a Supreme Court Justice from 2006.