1968:

Higher National Diploma in Business Studies, Institute of Marketing, London

1979-1981:

Consultant for economic policy

1977-1979:

Consultant, Finansanalyse A/S

1970-1974:

Director, Tate & Lyle Norge A/S

1993- :

Member of the Standing Committee on Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs

1997-2005:

Member of the Enlarged Foreign Affairs Committee

1989-1993:

Member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Constitution

1987-1993:

Member of the Enlarged Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Constitution

1981-1989:

Member of the Standing Committee on Finance

1974-1977:

Member of the Standing Committee on Government Administration

1997-2001:

Member of the EEA Consultative Committee, deputy chairman of the Norwegian Delegation to the EFTA and EEA Parliamentary Committees

1993-1997:

Deputy member of the Norwegian Delegation for Relations with the European Parliament

1989-1993:

Member of the Norwegian Delegation for Relations with the European Parliament

1984-1996:

Member of the Norwegian Delegation to the Nordic Council

1981-1984:

Deputy member of the Norwegian Delegation to the Nordic Council

1981-2005 :

Chairman of the Progress Party parliamentary group

1976-1977:

Deputy chairman of the Progress Party parliamentary group

1995-1999, 1987-1991,
1999-2003 :

Member of the Oslo City Parliament

1979-1982:

Member of the Oslo Executive Board

1978- :

Chairman of the Progress Party

1973-1974:

Secretary of the Anders Langes Party

Ærlighet varer lengst (Honesty is the Best Policy), Oslo 1984