Background
He was born in Eksingedalen as a son of farmer Johannes Andersson Lavik and Kari Andersdotter Kyte.
politician member of the Parliament of Norway
He was born in Eksingedalen as a son of farmer Johannes Andersson Lavik and Kari Andersdotter Kyte.
He was a brother of journalist and newspaper editor Johannes Lavik and actor and theatre director Dore Lavik. They had eleven children. He was an uncle of parliamentarian Nils Lavik and journalist Herbrand Lavik.
From 1878 to 1887 Lavik worked as a travelling lay preacher for the organization Bergens Indremisjon.
In 1885 he settled in Kvinnherad. He served as mayor of Kvinnherad for eight years, and represented the Moderate Liberal Party in Søndre Bergenhus at the Parliament of Norway from 1889 to 1891.
Lavik served as the organization"s first Secretary, and editor of its magazine Sambåndet. From 1917 he was headmaster of a bible school in Bergen.
He published several books, including the song book Sions sange from 1901.
A Pietist, he regarded activities such as dancing and cinema as unfavourable ways of socializing.
He was a member of the Church Commission of 1908.