Education:

1995-1998
Violinmaking School: "Istituto Professionale Internazionale per l'Artigianato Liutario e del Legno "A. Stradivari" " in Cremona.

1993-1994            
Toneheim Folk High School, Hamar, Norway, mainly education in music.

1981-1993            
12 years in the Vestfold Waldorf School, Tønsberg, Norway, finished with the final exam: "Construction of a cello".

Working experience:

Sep. 2005 - Dec. 2005            
Worked with violinmaker David Wiebe in Woodstock, NY, USA with the kind support of The Norway-America Association

June 2003, June 2004, June 2005 and June 2007            
VSA Oberlin Violinmaking Workshop, Ohio, USA

July 2000 -
Violinmaker Jacob von der Lippe, running my own workshop in Oslo, Norway
I make new instruments in the violin family. Full-time making since February 2002.

Aug. 2000 - Feb. 2002            
Hornaas Musikk A/S, Oslo
Worked part-time as a violinmaker with maintenance, repairs and set-up of stringed instruments.

Jan. 2000 - June 2000            
Worked full-time at home under the supervision of violinmaker Edgar Russ in Cremona

Jan. 1999 - Dec. 1999            
Carlson, Cacciatori & Neumann Workshop, Cremona, Italy
Worked full-time as a journeyman in the workshop "Carlson Cacciatori & Neumann" in Cremona, under the leadership of Silvio Levaggi.

Sept. 1998 - Dec. 1998
Carlson, Cacciatori & Neumann Violin Workshop, Cremona
Worked full-time as a journeyman. Made a violin for my final exam.

Sept. 1996 - June 1997
Violinmaker Edgar Russ, Cremona
Worked part-time as a journeyman.

Aug. 1997, Aug. 1996 and Sept. 1994         
Hornaas Musikk A/S, Oslo
Worked part-time as a violinmaker with set-up of stringed instruments.

I have participated at the following violinmaking competitions:
VSA Violin and Bow Making Competition, Cincinnati, USA, 2002

The Strad Cello and Bow Making Competition, Manchester, England, 2001.

2enne Concours International de Lutherie et d'Archéterie de la ville de Paris, France, 1999