He finished his secondary education in Flekkefjord in 1970, served in His Majesty the King's Guard from 1973 to 1974, and graduated from the University of Oslo with the cand.philol.
Representing Kvinesdal IL, he achieved a long jump of 6.91 metres in July 1978 at Lovisenlund in Larvik.
[1] His first major book was Hjemmefront, volume six of the series Norge i krig.
Distrikt 13s historie together with Terje Diesen, about the Greater Oslo district of Milorg.
Hjemmefrontens likvidasjoner under den tyske okkupasjonen av Norge 1940-1945 about Norwegian liquidations of Nazi collaborators.
The statement was sharply criticized by editors such as Harald Stanghelle, Steinar Hansson and Gudleiv Forr.