CURRENT MISSION

Traveller

ABOUT ME

I live in Oslo with my wife Ingrid. We both love travelling, and later this year we are off to Australia for two months. My profession is also travel related: I work as a travel reporter for Aftenposten, which is one of Norway's most influential newspapers.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I wrote this article about CS for Aftenposten, the newspaper I work for (in Norwegian): http://www.aftenposten.no/reise/article3284449.ece.

Great thanks to all the CS members who have assisted me with this and other articles!!!

We did this great story from Poznan, Poland, thanks to very helpful CS members: http://www.aftenposten.no/reise/article2959021.ece#chNum=1 (Thanks for showing us around, everyone!).

And from Bulgaria, I wrote these pieces, again with great help from friendly CS members: http://www.aftenposten.no/reise/article3040259.ece + http://www.aftenposten.no/reise/article3040262.ece.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

As per October 2009, I've tried surfing only once. This is what I wrote about it: http://www.aftenposten.no/reise/article3284555.ece. I've met CS members on several occations, and it's always a great experience.

Interests

First of all: Travelling. In addition I try to balance between being an urban person who enjoys city life and being an outdoors type person who likes to run around in the woods with a map and a compass in hand. Usually, the first part wins. But I do a fair amount of cross country orienteering during spring, summer and autumn. I also like to read books, watch films, go to cafes, eat food, discuss current affairs etc. etc.

• books
• dining
• running
• movies
• traveling
• outdoor activities
• surfing
• journalism

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Chile, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, El Salvador, Estonia, Fiji, Finland, France, French Polynesia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Malaysia, Mexico, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Peru, Poland, Russian Federation, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Tonga, Tunisia, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Vanuatu, Vatican City State

Countries I’ve Lived In

Australia, Norway

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