[4] She worked full-time with publishing house Fram Forlag, and contributed to the development of the workers' encyclopaedia Arbeidernes Leksikon.
[4][5] During World War II, she participated in the flight of the Norwegian National Treasury to England in 1940, on the stage between Åndalsnes and Tromsø.
[6][7] One third of the gold was sent with the British cruiser HMS Galatea from Åndalsnes to the United Kingdom, while 24 trucks brought the rest to Molde.
[1][9] In the 1950s, while a housewife with young children, she was active in feminist organizations, and also co-edited the magazine Kvinnen og Tiden from 1953 to 1955.
In her older days, she was active in the anti-nuclear organization Bestemødre mot atomvåpen (Grandmothers against nuclear weapons).