United Nations Operation in the Congo
As a politician he has served as a member of Bærum municipal council and as a member of the Liberal Party central board from 1980 to 1984. He has also worked in "Dagbladet" and the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation. In his younger days he participated in track and field, and was stationed with the United Nations Operation in the Congo for seven months. He was an official in the then-track club Fossum IF, and was instrumental in getting to arrange the 1985 Norwegian Championships.