On the local level he was a member of the municipal council for Hol Municipality from 1959 to 1963, and later he was part of the municipal council for Vestvågøy Municipality, the successor municipality after Hol Municipality was dissolved. He served as mayor of Vestvågøy Municipality from 1971 to 1973, during which term he was also a member of Nordland county council.
Outside politics he worked as a fisher from 1938 to 1974.