Career
He hails from Skarnes. In his football career he played for Grue Illinois, Kongsvinger Illinois, Elverum Illinois and Nybergsund Illinois. Foreign Kongsvinger he got one season in the highest Norwegian league, in 1990, where he played three games. He also played in one Norwegian football cup game.
After leaving top-tier football he worked as a school teacher in Elverum before starting as a journalist in Hamar Dagblad in 1999.
He then worked in Østlendingen before becoming editor-in-chief of Romsdals Budstikke. From 2008 he worked in Edda Media, and in 2009 he became editor-in-chief of Østlendingen.