Cand.mag. degree in history, social geography and collaborative politics

Second deputy chairman of the Standing Committee on Family and Cultural Affairs

Alternate member of the EEA Consultative Committee

2005-

Member of the Delegation to the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly

Member of the Sogn og Fjordane county executive board

1999-2003

Member of the Sogn og Fjordane county council

1999-2003

Member of the Bremanger municipal council

Member of planning and industrial committee, Sogn og Fjordane County

2000-2004

Deputy board chairman, Sogn og Fjordane theatre

1999-2003

Deputy chairman of traffic safety and cultural affairs committees, Sogn og Fjordane County

1999-2003

Lay judge, Fjordane district court

Political adviser to Centre Party parliamentary group

1999-2004

Member of a number of national committees, Centre Youth of Norway

1997-1999

Deputy steering committee chairman for political affairs, Sogn og Fjordane Centre Youth

1996-1997

Steering committee member, Sogn og Fjordane Centre Youth

Personnel representative at Nes Fort, Coastal Artillery

1998

Personnel representative aboard KNM Harald Hårfagre, Norwegian Navy