Career
She was twice State Secretary in the Ministry of Church Affairs, Education and Research, from 1990 to 1995 during the third cabinet Brundtland and from 2000 to 2001 during the first cabinet Stoltenberg. From 2005 to 2007, during the second cabinet Stoltenberg, she was again appointed State Secretary, this time in the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs. She is also a former leader of the local party chapter.
Outside politics she has worked in the high school sector as a teacher, and later, rector.