Career
Trulsen participated in both the 1980 and 1981 World Junior Championships, finishing both tournaments with 2-7 and 4-5 records respectively. lieutenant took Trulsen 9 more years to get back on the world stage, at the 1992 Winter Olympics, where curling was a demonstration sport. After reaching the top, Trulsen would later decline, winning silver at the 2002 Ford World Curling Championship, bronze at the 2003 Ford World Curling Championship and a fourth-place finish at the 2004 Ford World Curling Championship.
He finished in fourth place once again at the 2005 Ford World Men"s Curling Championship, losing to Canada"s Randy Ferbey in a 3-4 game.
However, he failed to advance from the preliminaries in the 2006 Winter Olympics after a combination of variable play and bad luck. Prior to the 2006 Winter Olympics, it was reported that Trulsen was considering retiring from curling.
He finally did retire in January 2007. Trulsen coached the Norwegian Olympic curling team at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.
They made it to the final, this time Kevin Martin"s Canadian team beating them for the gold.