Career
At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, he was eliminated in the semifinals of the K-2 500 m event. He had also qualified for the Olympics in Moscow in 1980. He retired his canoeing career in 1987.
But in 2003, at an age of 46, he returned in the Norwegian Championship, after 16 years of retirement.
He got the silver medal, 0,2 seconds away from the gold medal, in the K-4 500 meter final. He is currently living in Norway, Bergen, and he is running the store "Herskap og Tjenere".
He has five children, Joachim, Sebastian, Nicolai, Edward and Haakon.