Education:
1987 Mag.art - University of Kiel
1988 Cand.philol. - University of Bergen
Subjects: Scandinavian languages, German, Sociology, Media and Mass Communication.
1994 Governmental authorised translator Norwegian-German and German-Norwegian
Text production/Authorship:
Author of:
• Marco Polo-Reiseguide Norwegen, Ostfildern 2004
• Polyglott Reiseführer Norwegen, München 1996, 2nd edtion 1999
• HB Bildatlas Nordnorwegen, Hamburg, 2nd edition 2005
Contributor to:
• Nationalparks in Skandinavien, Stocker Verlag, Graz 1991
• Skandinavien, Artcolor Verlag. Hamm 1997
• GEO Magazin Norwegen, Hamburg 2003
Editorial responsibility for:
• The different language versions of: The Quiet Room, The Magic of Fjords, The Ways of Water, The Nordic Light, Northern Lights and Midnight Sun, Seasons, Sea and Sky, published by Natur og Kulturforlaget Stavanger, 2001 to 2003
• The Haugesund city jubilee book: Å Haugesund, en hyllest i anledning byens 150-års jubileum
Articles for German newspapers and magazines such as NORDIS MAGAZIN, Die Welt, Rheinischer Merkur, Neues Deutschland etc.)
Translation:
1993-1996 employed as a translator in Translatørservice Bergen,
1996-2000 co-owner of , and translator employed by, Allegro AS Språktjenester, Bergen.
Language teaching in Austrheim Upper Secondary School, the Goethe Institute, Bergen, The Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, BI Norwegian School of Management Bergen, the Nordland Research Institute, Bodø
German language courses for candidates preparing for the Zentrale Mittelstufenprüfung
German language courses for the business sector (incl. shipping and the metal industry)
Intensive courses in Norwegian for non-Norwegian health personnel