Career
He is best known as the director of the Norwegian Association of Local and Regional Authorities from 1986 to 2002. He has also been chief administrative officer (rådmann) in Sortland municipality, and after 1992 he ran his own consulting company. He has a degree in economics, and was the secretary-general of International Association of Students in Economic and Commercial Sciences from 1968 to 1969.
He resides in Vettre.
