Career
His speciality is the Middle East, a subject on which he has written several books Tveit has been a foreign correspondent for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (Norsk Rikskringkasting) in the Middle East through three periods, from 1979 to 1983, from 1990 to 1994, and from 2003 to 2007. Tveit has also served as a major in the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon peacekeeping forces in Lebanon.
Tveit has worked as a journalist for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation since 1973.
To begin with he covered petroleum development in the North Sea. From 1977 Tveit has been attached to Norsk Rikskringkasting"s foreign editorial office ("utenriksredaksjonen").
Cairo 1978
Tveit"s first assignment as a foreign correspondent was in Cairo in 1978, a short-term replacement for Kjell Gjøstein Resi. Beirut 1979–1983
When Tveit started on his first permanent period as a foreign correspondent for Norsk Rikskringkasting, in 1979, he relocated Norsk Rikskringkasting"s office from Cairo to Beirut.
Tveit stayed in Beirut until 1983.
Amman 1990–1994
During his next period as a Middle East correspondent, 1990–1994, the Norsk Rikskringkasting office was based in Amman. Amman 2003–2007
Tveit was again Middle East correspondent for Norsk Rikskringkasting from 2003 to 2007, when the office was based in Amman. In 2007 Sidsel Wold was assigned as Norsk Rikskringkasting"s new correspondent after Tveit had finished his period in Amman.
Tveit was responsible for the documentary program Brennpunkt: Sporene etter Sharon ("Focus: Tracks after Sharon"), broadcast by Norsk Rikskringkasting in 2002.
This program received the for best television documentary in 2002.