PAST & CURRENT ROLES 

  Founder and editor of the semiprofessional  mycological  journal AGARICA, - published by the Mycological society of Fredrikstad, Norway  , 1980 – 1998 , - and to be continued in  new version 2006, consult :   http://www.agarica.no/ 

Attended the Nordic Mycological Congress in Østersund, Sweden 1980

Organizer and guide for  excursions in Fredrikstad during the occasion of the 9^th Congress for European Mycologists  1985 (CEM).

Attended the post-congress excursions at Kongsvoll Botanical station, Dovre, during 9^th CEM  1985

Excursion guide for Stockholms Svampvenner in Fredrikstad 1994

 Attended the International Mycological Congress , IMC7, in Oslo 2002. (ADD PHOTOS !)

 Post-excursion for a group of Ph.D.students from Harvard University, under  the supervision of  Prof. Don Pfister, during the  IMC 7,  - the International  Mycological Congress in Oslo 2002 (ADD PHOTOS )

Creator of the first International symposium on the mineralogy and geochemistry of Scandium 2003, organized by the University  of Oslo, Geological Museum. (PHOTOS !!)   http://www.nhm.uio.no/geomus/scsymp

Member of the editorial board  in AGARICA (2006-2008) - a Norwegian Mycological journal published by Agariplantus norvegicus.

Munich mineral show, Germany  2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014.

Attended in 33.Internationa geological congress 2008 in Oslo

Tucson mineral show 2009 and awarded the Pinch-medal  (Arizona, USA)

Attending the Nordic mycological congress in Steinkjer 2009

Attending the International mineralogical association in Budapest, Ungarn 2010

Tucson mineral show 2011. Pinch medal to Alf Olav Larsen, Norway

Mycological excursion to the Pasvikdalen in Finmark, N.Norway 2011.

Visit to mineral-collector Bill Lechner, Toronto, Canada 2012

Visit to Canadian museum of Nature, Ottawa, Canada (Joel Grice etc.)2012

Visit to Pich-winner Laszlo Horvath, Montreal, Canada 2012

Attending the Rochester mineral symposium 2012, USA

Visit to mineral-collector Bill Pinch in Rochester, NY, USA

Visit to Royal Ontario museum, Toronto, Canada (Tony Steede)

Attending the 7^th assembly of Mineralogy & Museums, Dresden, Germany

New visit to Bill Pinch.

Truffle symposium in Fredrikstad fall 2012

  Attending the GAC-MAC meeting in  Winnipeg, Canada May 2013

  Visit to Petr  Černý, in his home in Winnipeg, May 2013

  Visit to Mark Cooper, Dept. of Geological Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada in May 2013

  Visit to Fersman Mineralogical museum, Moscow, Russia October 2013 and the Vernadsky State Geological museum, Moscow.

          MEMBERSHIP 

        Member of the Mycological Society of Fredrikstad, Norway 

        Member of Fredrikstad Philately Club 

        Member of the Norwegian Numismatic Society 

       Member of the Mineralogical Association of Canada

       Member of GMV (Friends of Geological Museum, Oslo)

        Member of  FMBDS (Federation Mycologique et Botanique  Dauphiné Savoie, France)

         LECTURES