Brunvoll made his debut as opera singer in 1941 as Colline in La Boheme at Trøndelag Teater. [1 ] His debut concert in 1949 was attended by the Prime Minister of Norway, Einar Gerhardsen (and his wife) and the Minister of Foreign Affairs…
After finishing middle school in 1910, he worked as a postal clerk until 1916. He took postal school in 1913, but also commerce school at Treider in 1917, whereupon he was hired as a bank clerk.