1988:

Trade certificate, process operator

1985-1986:

Course in process control

1983-1984:

Course for paper production workers

1986:

Served with UN forces in Lebanon

1982-1986:

Process operator, Norske Skog AS

1980-1981:

Tyre production worker, Viking Askim AS

1977-1980:

Waiter/bartender, Ustaoset Høyfjellshotell

2001-2005 :

First Deputy Chairman of the Standing Committee on Local Government

1997-2001:

Member of the Standing Committee on Family, Cultural Affairs and Government Administration

1995-1997:

Member of the Nord-Trøndelag County Council

1991-1999:

Deputy member of the Levanger Municipal Executive Board

1989-1991,
2003-2005 :

Member of the Levanger Municipal Council

1994-1995:

County secretary of the Nord-Trøndelag Progress Party

1992-1994:

Deputy chairman of the Nord-Trøndelag Progress Party

1990-1992:

Chairman of the Levanger Progress Party

1989:

Director of studies, Levanger Progress Party

1987-1988, 1991-1995:

Member of the board of the Levanger Progress Party