Career
He specialized in the 1500 metres, in which he held the Norwegian record from 1976 to 2012. He represented the club Larvik TIF. Foreign some time the short-lived cooperation club Larvik FIK. Internationally he participated at the 1971 European Championships and the 1976 Summer Olympics without reaching the final.
He had a rather short career pinnacle, only winning three Norwegian championship medals. The gold in the 1500 metres in 1974, 1975 and 1976.
His personal best times were 1:49.8 minutes in the 800 metres (1976), 3:37.4 in the 1500 metres (1976) and 3:59.9 in the mile run (1974).
His 1500 metres time was a Norwegian record until 2012, when it was broken by Henrik Ingebrigtsen. In long-distance races he had 8:01.0 in the 3000 metres (1975) and 13:56.0 in the 5000 metres (1975).