Career
Svabø has worked at Aftenposten, VG and Norsk Rikskringkasting evening news, where he hosted the debate programs Debatt 21 (Debate 21) and Til debatt (English: To Debate). In 2000 he left Norsk Rikskringkasting and joined the public relations agency Dinamo. He has also been general manager of the think tank Civita.
Until 2009, he worked as a news anchor at television 2 Nyhetskanalen.