Background
He was born in Oslo and took the candidate.mag.
He was born in Oslo and took the candidate.mag.
Degree in 1976. He was hired in the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (Norsk Rikskringkasting) in 1978, and after tenures in Bergens Tidende from 1982 to 1992 and television 2 from 1992 to 1998 he returned to Norsk Rikskringkasting in 1998. He served as their correspondent covering all of Africa from 1998 to 2002, later as their correspondent to China from 2010.