Career
He currently plays second for Team Thomas Ulsrud. Svae formally joined Team Ulsrud in 2007 having played alternate since 2005. lieutenant was Svae who selected Loudmouth Golf"s colorful argyle pants (Dixie and Red & Gray) as Team Norway"s uniform at the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics because they came close to matching the Norwegian flag colors – red, white and blue.
The pants brought Team Norway unprecedented popularity as shown by the surge in sales at Loudmouth Golf as well as the number of followers at the Facebook"s Norwegian Olympic Curling Team"s Pants fan page exceeding over 600,000 by the end of the 2009-2010 curling season.
Svae is currently employed as a curling instructor and event manager.