I am a peacemaker. I have meditated twice daily since I learned vedic meditation in April 2014 while I was living in New York City and working at the UN Headquarters. Having spent most of my career in conflict zones, I have gradually become as interested in inner peace as in world peace. Meditation has carried me through life’s ups and downs, and helped me become a better person for myself and those around me.

As of November 26 2026 I will be a certified vedic meditation teacher, initiated into the lineage of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi by Charlie Knoles. I will be the first vedic meditation teacher in Norway and can’t wait to share this meditation technique with you.

I am a graduate of the London School of Economics and Political Science (MSc International relations) and of Columbia University, School of International and Public Affairs (Master of International Affairs).

I’m a writer, meditation teacher and consultant. I am currently writing a book to be published on Cappelen Damm with a writing grant from Fritt Ord. In addition, I take occasional consultancies, mostly in the field of international political strategy.