degree in 1972, and started working in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1973.
He was the Norwegian ambassador to Chile for a period before returning to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
[2] In 1999, he was decorated as a Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of Merit.
[4] His responsibility was extended to Colombia in January 2005,[5] Haiti and Ecuador from February 2005,[6][7] and the Dominican Republic in March 2006.
[9] In November 2008 his Chilean ambassadorship was extended to Peru.