She was born in Porsgrunn and started her journalist career in the neighboring city's largest newspaper Varden in the late 1970s.

She worked in Dagen and Bergens Arbeiderblad before being hired in NRK Hordaland in 1988.

After a period as editor-in-chief of Dagbladet from 2006 to 2010, she resigned and became the new managing director of the Arts Council Norway in 2011.

[1] She was married to researcher Mette Tollefsrud, resided in Ila, Oslo.

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