Career
He was elected as deputy to the Parliament of Norway from Hordaland in 2013. On 27 February 2014, Skutle was one of several people arrested in Bergen by Norwegian police on drug charges. He was charged with, and confessed to, using cannabis.
The day before his arrest, Skutle had spoken out in the newspaper VG in favour of legalising cannabis.
Following the charges, Skutle resigned from all his party posts.