Sandberg also earned two medals in the team event at the world championships as well (gold: 1984, silver: 1982 - tied with Finland). Nine years later, he earned the Holmenkollen medal (Shared with Berit Aunli). He has his education from the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences.
During the 1982 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships, he won the 15 km individual event by 0.2 seconds over Konrad Winkler of East Germany. His greatest year was 1984, when he became Olympic champion and won the World Cup. Sandberg also won nine national championships during his career. Sandberg also won the Nordic combined event the Holmenkollen ski festival in 1974.
