Background
He was born in Inderøy, and is a candidate.oecon.
He was born in Inderøy, and is a candidate.oecon.
By education. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, and was appointed as a deputy under-secretary of state in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1989. He served as the Norwegian ambassador to Belgium from 1996 to 2000, and to Canada from 2005 to 2009.