1993- :

Member of the Storting for Akershus County

1989-1990:

Deputy member of the Storting for Akershus County

1994:

Studies in business administration, Norwegian School of Management

1989:

Studies in marketing communication, IFM Westerdals school of advertising

1987:

Studies in marketing management, Norwegian School of Management

2001-2005 :

Member of the Standing Committee on Finance and Economic Affairs

2001-2005 :

Member of the Enlarged Foreign Affairs Committee

1997-2001:

First Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment

1993-1997:

Member of the Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs

1989-1990:

Member of the Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs and Government Administration

2001-2005 :

Head of the Norwegian Delegation to the NATO Parliamentary Assembly

2001- :

Deputy chairman of the Conservative parliamentary group

2000-2002 :

Chairman of the board of the Henie-Onstad Art Centre

1999-2001 :

President of the board of the Atlantic Association of Young Political Leaders

1990-1994:

Member of the Conservative Party Executive Committee

1988-1994:

Member of the Conservative Party Central Executive Committee

1987-1988:

Chairman of the Akershus Young Conservatives

1987-1988:

Information officer and political adviser for the Akershus Conservative Party

1990-1994:

Chairman of the Young Conservatives

1988-1990:

Deputy chairman of the Young Conservatives

1986-1987:

Political adviser for the Young Conservatives

1985-1986:

Chairman of the Bærum Young Conservatives

1985:

Election campaign secretary for the Bærum Conservative Party