Born in or around the year 1876, Aalvik was of Danish descent and worked as a fuel dealer in Stevenson, Washington.
[1][2] Aalvik ran for state representative in 1936 in the 16th legislative district, which included portions of Benton, Franklin, Klickitat, and Skamania counties.
[3][4] A Democrat, Aalvik was initially reported to have lost the general election to the Republican nominee but edged out a victory once absentee ballots were counted, winning by only 324 votes.
[5][6][7] During his term in office, Aalvik introduced a bill that he claimed would cut the lawful limit of game fish from 30 to 20 a day; however, the limit was already 20 at the time of the bill's introduction.
[10] Aalvik filed to run for reelection in 1938 but only received 4% of the vote in the primary.