He was born in Farsund,[2] the only child[3] of Gunnar Christian Brøvig (1907–1944) and Ragnhild Mørch.
He worked as a finance analyst for Capital Research Company in the US and Switzerland, and ventured into investments.
Brøvig was a board member of Norsk Data throughout the company's existence.
In 1992, the family shipping company was again saved, this time with the selling of Hafslund Nycomed shares.
[2] Brøvig was also a board member of World Wildlife Fund in Norway from 1988 to 1996 (chair since 1994) and the Norwegian Shipowners' Association from 1990 to 1998 (vice president since 1996).