On the local level she was a deputy member of the executive committee of the municipal council of Voss Municipality from 1999 to 2003. Since 2003 she is deputy leader of the county party chapter since 2003, as well as a member of the Labour Party national board.[1]
Outside politics she graduated as cand.jur. in 2000, having studied in Oslo, Bergen and Copenhagen. She worked as a lawyer from 2000 to 2005.[1]
