Storting committees
2009- Member, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence and member, Enlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence
2009- Member, Election Committee 

2008 Member, Standing Committee on Health and Care Services
2008-2009 First Vice Chair, Standing Committee on Health and Care Services
2005-2009 Member, Election Committee
2005-2008 Member, Standing Committee on Local Government and Public Administration 

2005- Member of the Storting for Hedmark  County

Parliamentary delegations
2009- Member, Delegation for Relations with the European Parliament and member, European Consultative Committee

 2005-2009 Personal Substitute Member, Delegation to the Assembly of the Western European Union 

Other positions in the Storting
2009- Chair, Centre Party Group Steering Committee2008-2009 Vice Chair, Centre Party Group Steering Committee
2005-2008 First substitute member, Centre Party Group Steering Committee 

Public appointments
1999-2003 Member, Education Committee, Hedmark 
2003-2005 Chair, Political Committee, Hedmark
From 2006 Member of the Contact Committee for Immigrants and the Authorities 

Appointments in organisations
1993-1999 Youth Leader, Church of Norway
1999-2000 Deputy Board Member, People and Defence 
2002-2004 Board Member and Chair, Week against Drugs 
2005-2007 Board Member, No to Nuclear Arms
2005-2007 Board Member, No to EU
2007-2009 Board Member, Parish Sisters’ Home  

Political appointments
1993-2004 Various appointments in Centre Party Youth
1996-1998 Board Member, Centre Party, Stanger
1998-2000 Board Member, Centre Party, Hedmark
2000-2004 Member, National Committee, Centre Party
2002-2004 Leader, Centre Party Youth's National League
2002-2004 Member, Executive Committee, Centre Party
From 2009 Deputy Leader of the Centre Party 

Other positions
1999-2005 Member, Hedmark County Council 

Education and work experience
1994-1995 Jønsberg Agricultural College, foundation course
1995-1996 Tomb Agricultural College, VK1 Natural Resource Management
1996-1997 Jønsberg Agricultural College, VK2 Natural Resource Management
1997-1998 Hedmark University College, science subjects
1999-2002 Sociology foundation course, political science foundation and intermediate courses, bachelor’s degree at the University of Oslo 

Farming on family farm
2004-2005 Organisation consultant in the Centre Party