Among others, he was a journalist in Porsgrunns Dagblad before starting as a communications adviser for the Progress Party parliamentary caucus.
At times, Kolve was accosted and accused of being an Uncle Tom figure, glossing over what the critics perceived as the Progress Party's hostile policy on immigration.
[1] The newspaper Natt & Dag made a satire on them sharing a cab, which Kolve and Sandberg found malicious.
They brought the case in for the Norwegian Press Complaints Commission, who chose not to deplore Natt & Dag's piece.
[2][3] When the Progress Party managed to form Solberg's Cabinet in October 2013, Kolve was appointed as a political adviser in the Ministry of Justice and Public Security.