Background
He was born in Oslo, and is a candidate.polit.
He was born in Oslo, and is a candidate.polit.
By education. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1975. He was the Norwegian ambassador to Turkey from 1992 to 1997, and to Israel from 1997 to 2001. After a period as deputy under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2001 to 2007, he became the Norwegian ambassador to the People"s Republic of China in 2007.