Folk music artist since 1988.Instruments: Jew's harps from Norway, Kyrgyzstan, Yakutia a.o. Norwegian traditional flutes, Norwegian zither: Langeleik. Norwegian medieval lyra.

1st prize-winner at The National Contest of Traditional Music, Jew's harp class in 1999, 2000, 2001.

Positions:
President of The Norwegian Jew's Harp Forum
Board member of The International Jew's Harp Society since 1998
Board member of The Norwegian Intercultural Network since 2003

Guest lectures:
Lecturer at Agder District University, folk music studies, 1998, 1999
Lecturer at The Ole Bull Academy of Traditional Music, 2000

Study tours & travels:
1988: Japan. Study tour to Kyoto to learn more about Japanese traditional music.
Primary course in Japanese tea ceremony and private lessons on the Koto zither.
1997: Japan. Study tour to Hokkaido, recordings of the mukkuri (Jew's harp) among the Ainu minority. The tour was funded by the Sasakawa Foundation.
1998: Austria. Invited to participate at The 3rd International Jew's Harp Congress and Festival in Molln.
2001: Kyrgyzstan. Study tour to learn more about the similarities of the temir khomus and the Norwegian munnharpe.
2002: Festival and program director for the 4th International Jew’s Harp Festival and Congress in Rauland, Norway.
2003: Japan. Hospitant at the Midorikai study of the Japanese tea ceremony.Private lessons on the Japanese zither: Koto.
Invited guest artist at an International concert in Tokyo.
2003: Kyrgyzstan. Field recordings of artists on the temir and zhygach ooz komus in Jalal Abad, Issyk Kyl and Bishkek regions, together with Leo Tadagawa, Japan.
2004: Bali, Indonesia. Studies of the Balinese genggong Jews harp.
2005: Yakutia. Round trip to villages, meeting virtuoso players on the Yakut khomus, participant at an international concert in Yakutsk.
The tour was funded by The Norwegian Ministry of Culture.
2006: Bulgaria. Invited guest artist at the first International Folk Festival, organized by the Bisserova sisters(worldwide known singers).
2006: Leader of the folk artist group representing Norway at the 5th International Jew’s Harp Festival and Congress in Amsterdam.

Concerts:
1998: Molln, Austria. Two concerts at the 3rd International Jew's Harp Festival
2003: Tokyo, Japan. Concert with international artists
2003: Oslo, Norway. Concert with Norwegian artists meeting Kyrgyz folk music artists
2005: Yakutsk, Yakutia. Concerts together with international artists
2005: Oslo, Norway. Concert celebrating Norway 1905-2005.
The king of Norway being present.
2005: Oslo, Norway. Two concerts at the Mela festival: Meeting between Vietnamese and Norwegian music traditions.

Productions:
1997: Norwegian Radio Ch.2. Program about the music of the Ainu people in Japan.
2001: CD: "The Jew's Harp World" Four artists, from Vietnam (Trân Quang Hai), Japan (Leo Tadagawa), England (John Wright) and Norway (Svein Westad) plays Jew's harp music from 12 countries of the world.
2005: Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyz Radio and TV: Making two programs of Norwegian folk music meets Kyrgyz folk music, comparing the