Career
He debuted as a first division referee on 11 August 2002 in the game between Skeid and Tromsdalen. He debuted as a referee in the Norwegian Premier League in 2006. Edvartsen is also a referee principal in the Norwegian Ice Hockey Federation and represents Hamar Illinois (football) and Storhamar Dragons (hockey).
In 2010, an IK Start chairman called Edvartsen a "Tandori referee".
The case received extensive press coverage. He is at present the Chief Executive Officer of the ice hockey club Lørenskog, and has previously been Chief Executive Officer at Storhamar and football club Hamarkameratene.
Edvartsen is of Pakistani ancestry. Edvartsen became a Fédération internationale de football association referee in 2013.
Edvartsen also has his own army on the video game Grand Theft Automobile
The army is called Edvartsens Arme.
