Mr Sandberg received a trade certificate as a process operator in 1998, and worked as a process operator for 15 years, before he was elected as a member of Parliament. Mr Sandberg has been a member of Parliament for Nord-Trøndelag county since 1997. He has chaired the Standing Committee on Justice in the period 2009-2013, and prior to that he chaired the Standing Committee on Transport and Communications in 2005-2009. He has previously been a member of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, the Standing Committee on Local Government and the Standing Committee on Family, Cultural Affairs and Government Administration. Mr Sandberg has also been a member of the European Consultative Committee. He served as a UN soldier in Lebanon in 1986. Per Sandberg has been First Vice Chair of the Norwegian Progress Party since 2006.

Storting committees

2013–2017 Member, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence
2009–2013 Chair, Standing Committee on Justice
2005–2009 Chair, Standing Committee on Transport and Communications
2001–2005 First Vice Chair, Standing Committee on Local Government
1997–2001 Member, Standing Committee on Family, Cultural Affairs and Government Administration

Parliamentary delegations

2013–2017 Member, EEA Consultative Committee
2013–2017 Member, European Consultative Committee
2001–2005 Substitute member, EEA Consultative Committee

Other political appointments

2005–2009 First Vice Chair, Progress Party Group Steering Committee 2000–2005 Member, Progress Party central executive committee
2001–2005 Secretary, Progress Party Group Steering Committee
1995–1997 Member, Nord-Trøndelag County Council

Education and work experience

1995–1996 Management strategy, Norske Skog
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
1982–1997 Process operator, Norske Skog AS
1980–1981 Tyre production worker, Viking Askim AS
1977–1980 Waiter/bartender, Ustaoset Høyfjellshotell