1987- :

Member of the Storting for Oslo

1986-1987:

Deputy member of the Storting for Oslo

1974:

Language and drama studies in England

1974:

Postgraduate courses in English, University of Oslo

1972:

Cand.mag. degree in English, French and political science, University of Oslo

1968:

Language and drama studies in France

1980-1983, 1984-1986:

Federation secretary of the Norwegian Union of Government Employees

1983:

Information officer, Aksjon Menneskeverd (TV fund-raising campaign)

1977-1980:

Executive officer, County Employment Office in Oslo

1976:

Junior Executive Officer, University Foundation for Student Life, University of Oslo

1975:

Junior Executive Officer, University of Oslo

1972:

English teacher, upper secondary school

2001-2005 :

Chairman of the Standing Committee on Defence, member of the Enlarged Foreign Affairs Committee

1997-2001:

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

1993-1997:

First Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs

1989-1993:

Member of the Standing Committee on Education and Church Affairs

1986-1989:

Member of the Standing Committee on Consumer Affairs and Government Administration

1997-2001:

Member of the Norwegian Delegation to the Nordic Council, the EEA Consultative Committee, the Norwegian Delegation for Relations with the European Parliament

1993-1996, 2000-2001 :

Deputy member of the Norwegian Delegation to the Assembly of Western European Union

1993-1997:

Deputy member of the Norwegian Delegation to the EFTA and EEA Parliamentary Committees

1989-1993:

Deputy member of the Norwegian Delegation to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe

1987-1988:

Chairman of the Council for the Norwegian Agency for International Development

1986-1988:

Chairman of the council of the Norwegian Research Council for Applied Social Science

1984-1989:

Chairman of the Nordic Council of Ministers advisory committee for development assistance issues

1984-1986:

Deputy chairman of the Council for the Norwegian Agency for International Development

1981-1984:

Deputy chairman of the Nordic Council of Ministers advisory committee for development assistance issues

1999-2004 :

Head of the Oslo Workers’ Society

1998-2004 :

Member of the board of the Oslo Labour Party International Forum

1998- 2004:

Member of the executive committee of the Oslo Labour Party International Forum

1988-1997:

Member of the political committee of the Oslo Workers’ Society

1984-1998:

Member of the board of the Oslo Labour Party

1975-1978:

Member of the board of the Oslo Labour Youth League

1992-1997:

Chairman of the Oslo branch of the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions

1985-1988:

Deputy chairman of Oslo faglige samorg

1979-1980:

Secretary of the local board of the Norwegian Union of Government Employees

1977-1981:

Chairman of the Norwegian Students’ and Academics’ International Assistance Fund