 Pari gbolohun ti o tẹle: O jẹ oniṣere piano jazz ni ẹgbẹ String Swing ati Jolly Seven, o mu Carsten Klouman Trio ni ọdun 1954 pẹlu Frank Cook ati Tore Birkedal ṣaaju ki o to di oludari orin ti NRK Radio Orchestra ati ṣiṣe awọn ifiweranṣẹ Eurovision Song Contest ti Norway ni awọn igba marun 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977 ati : Ọdún 1978. 