Background
He grew up in Bryne, Leverkusen and Paris.
He grew up in Bryne, Leverkusen and Paris.
He currently lives in Oslo, Norway. Ståle Økland"s academic background is studies in sociology, history and German language. He started his career in the advertising industry as a copywriter with an advertising company in Stavanger, Norway.
He shortly became a creative director in the agency, and later partner and managing director
In 2007 he founded a Norwegian trend agency called Domene Fem AS.