Background
He was born in Lier, and took the candidate.mag.
He was born in Lier, and took the candidate.mag.
Degree in his education. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1958, and was an embassy counsellor in the United States from 1973 to 1976. He then served as State Secretary in the Ministry of Trade from 1976 to 1981, in Nordli"s Cabinet and Brundtland"s First Cabinet.
He was then the Norwegian ambassador to Canada from 1982 to 1987, to West Germany/Germany from 1988 to 1993 and to the Organization of European Cooperation and Development from 1993 to 1997.