Career
He worked for the newspaper Morgenposten from 1956 to 1966, for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (Norsk Rikskringkasting) from 1966 to 1977, and was chief editor of Dagbladet from 1977 to 1984. He has been a foreign correspondent for Norsk Rikskringkasting in Moscow, Washington and Berlin. He has written around sixty books, including several bestsellers.
