He was a department director at the Norwegian School of Sport Sciences from 1968 to 1973. From 1974 to 1975 he was a State Secretary in the Ministry of the Environment as a part of Labour's Bratteli Cabinet. He was later director of park and sports in Oslo Municipality from 1977 to 1984, and from 1985 to 1989 he was the managing director of the Norwegian Automobile Federation and president of the Norwegian Olympic Committee.
