Education
He graduated from the University of Bergen as candidate.jur.
He graduated from the University of Bergen as candidate.jur.
In 1993. He has worked as a lawyer, acting presiding judge in Gulating, and as a judge in Nordhordland District Court. In March 2008 he was appointed State Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister.
On the political scene he was a secretary for the Centre Party in 1993, a member of its central committee from 2003 as well as a deputy member of Os municipal council.