Background
He was born in Oslo, took his secondary education in Trondheim, enrolled as a student in 1970 and graduated as candidate.jur.
editor journalist lawyer politician
He was born in Oslo, took his secondary education in Trondheim, enrolled as a student in 1970 and graduated as candidate.jur.
In 1976. He spent time from 1971 to 1972 in Drew University. He worked as a part-time journalist in Adresseavisen and Aftenposten between 1971 and 1976, and was a police superindendent in Trondheim from 1977 to 1978. He was then a deputy judge in Onsøy for a year.
He returned to Trondheim as chief superindendent from 1980 to 1988, and he also edited the magazine Politiembetsmennenes Blad.
He worked as a police inspector from 1988 to 1997 and then lawyer He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Sør-Trøndelag in 1985, and was re-elected on two occasions.
He had previously served in the position of deputy representative during the term 1981–1985, but halfway during this term he moved up as a regular representative following the death of Hermund Eian.
Ellefsen was a member of Trondheim city council from 1975 to 1978. Ellefsen has been a member of the board of the Politiembetsmennenes landsforening (1979–1983), Adresseavisen (1993–2001), the National Insurance Scheme Fund (since 1998) and Statskog San Francisco (since 2005).