Background
He was born in Gildeskål, and was a candidate.philol.
He was born in Gildeskål, and was a candidate.philol.
By education. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1961. He served as the Norwegian ambassador to Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe from 1980 to 1988, to Spain from 1988 to 1992 and to North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Brussels from 1992 to 1998.