The Foreign Ministry of Norway

Minister of Foreign Affairs

 2013 - 2017

Minister of Defence

 2009 - 2013

Chair, Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence, and Chair, Enlarged Foreign Affairs Committee

 2009 - 2013

Head of the Delegation for Relations with the European Parliament, and Head of the European Consultative Committee

 2005 - 2009

Chair, Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs

 2001 - 2005

Member, Standing Committee on Education, Research and Church Affairs

Member of the Conservative Party Central Executive Committee

2000 - 2004

Chair, Young Conservatives in Norway

1998 - 2000

First Vice Chair, Young Conservatives in Norway, 2000–2004 Chair

1996 - 1998

Member, Central Executive Committee of the Young Conservatives in Norway

Graduate degree in Law (Cand. jur.) from The University of Tromsø