Career
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sogn og Fjordane in 1977, and was re-elected on two occasions. On the local level he was deputy mayor of Jostedal municipality from 1959 to 1962. Outside politics he graduated from Stord Teachers College in 1957, worked as a school teacher from 1957 to 1975 and rådmann in Luster from 1989 to 1994.