Experience

Anno

• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Avdelingsdirektør

  • Jan 2022 - Present



Rørosmuseet

• Røros, Norway

• Head of Department

  • Feb 2018 - Present

  Røros is one of Norway's most intriguing towns, an extremely well preserved mining town dating back to the 17th century. Since 1980 Røros has been acknowledged as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and I am heading the museum's department for world heritage and communication. Røros is one of Norway's most intriguing towns, an extremely well preserved mining town dating back to the 17th century. Since 1980 Røros has been acknowledged as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and I am heading the museum's department for world heritage and communication.



Histos

• Bergen Area, Norway

• Consultant

  • Aug 2014 - Present

  Self-employed consultant and publisher through the personally owned company Histos. The consulting part of the business is related to museum and cultural heritage work, with museums, organisations within the cultural heritage field and the Arts Council Norway as clients. As a publisher, Histos have published books on the history of Bergen, and currently a series of books with memoirs and reminiscing from Bergen in the 18th and 19th century. Histos also publish and manage websites dedicated to communication of cultural heritage. Show less



Arts Council Norway

• Senior Advisor

  • Aug 2014 - Dec 2015

  Part time work (all together about 5 work months) as special advisor at the Arts Council Norway, working on the Norwegian adaptation of the British standard for collection management (SPECTRUM). Part time work (all together about 5 work months) as special advisor at the Arts Council Norway, working on the Norwegian adaptation of the British standard for collection management (SPECTRUM).



Bergen City Museum

• Bergen Area, Norway

• Director

  • Feb 2005 - Jul 2014

  Director of the Bergen City Museum. The Bergen City Museum was founded in 2005 as the operating body of nine different museums in the municipality of Bergen, with a budget of about 6 millions euros, 60-120 employees, and about 180.000 visitors per year. As the CEO of the museum, I was responsible for all activities towards the board of the foundation. I chose not apply for a third term as CEO in 2014. Director of the Bergen City Museum. The Bergen City Museum was founded in 2005 as the operating body of nine different museums in the municipality of Bergen, with a budget of about 6 millions euros, 60-120 employees, and about 180.000 visitors per year. As the CEO of the museum, I was responsible for all activities towards the board of the foundation. I chose not apply for a third term as CEO in 2014.



Bergen Skolemuseum

• Bergen Area, Norway

• Director

  • Apr 2000 - Feb 2005

  Director of the Bergen Museum of Education, where I was responsible for the funding and public opening of the museum i 2003. Director of the Bergen Museum of Education, where I was responsible for the funding and public opening of the museum i 2003.



Norsk musemsutvikling

• Oslo, Norway

• Project manager/editor

  • Mar 1997 - Nov 1998

  Project manager and editor for Museumnet Norway, the first web portal to Norwegian museum, run by the Norwegian Museum Authority (later merged into Arts Council Norway). Project manager and editor for Museumnet Norway, the first web portal to Norwegian museum, run by the Norwegian Museum Authority (later merged into Arts Council Norway).



Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences

• Norway
• Higher Education
• 300 - 400 Employee

• Senior Executive Officer

  • 1995 - 1997

  Senior executive office at the Akershus College, working the field of information and marketing as part of the Director General’s staff. Senior executive office at the Akershus College, working the field of information and marketing as part of the Director General’s staff.