Tofte uncovered several illegal Soviet spies and personally arrested Asbjørn Sunde, Gunvor Galtung Haavik and Arne Treholt.
[1] Tofte was widely recognized for his role during the Cold War, and received the King's Medal of Merit in Gold in 1987.
[4][2] He personally arrested all three and headed the investigations of the Haavik and Treholt cases.
[7] Tofte has stated that "for me there is a line from 9 April 1940, the German invasion, to the fight against communism.
"[7] In 2016 interview, he stated that Norway and the West are in a New Cold War with Russia.