1991

Cand. Jur law degree, University of Oslo 

1981

Examen Artium (final exams), Tvedestrand Upper Secondary School 

2009
 

Head of department and responsible for the establishment of a national identity and documentation centre (NID) in the Ministry of Justice and the Police 

2007-2009
 

Head of department and project manager, Secretary General’s staff, the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion

2005-2007 

Head of department in the Immigration Department, the Ministry of Local Government and Regional Development and the Ministry of Labour and Social Inclusion 

2004-2005

Advisor with the Norwegian Refugee Council, New York, USA  

2002-2004 

Co-founder of Arctica Design, New York, USA 

2001-2002 

Sales and marketing director, Creuna Norge 

2000-2001   

Business developer for Adcore

1997-2000 

Head of department, the Planning and Administration Department, the Ministry of Justice and the Police

1995-1997

Advisor, the Planning and Administration Department, the Ministry of Justice and the Police

1993-1994

Work on reports for the Norwegian Refugee Council, Brussels, Belgium

1992-1993

Deputy head of the Emergency Response Department, the Norwegian Refugee Council

1991-1992

Political advisor to Minister Tove Strand Gerhardsen at the Ministry of Labour and Public Administration

1990-1991

Part-time visa officer at the Norwegian Embassy in Santiago de Chile

1986-1987

Co-founder and first elected leader of Sosialdemokratisk Studentforbund (social democratic student association)(SSF)

1981-1982

Secretary for AUF (Norwegian Labour Youth) in Aust-Agder County