Career
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag in 1965, and was re-elected on three occasions. He chaired the local party chapter from 1962 to 1966 and from 1990 to 1997. Outside politics he worked as a school teacher from 1951 (until 1954 in Vardø).
In 1960 he was promoted to school inspector.
From 1964 to 1988 he was the local school director