Sandvik hailed from
Laksøybygda in
Meldal Municipality, and is a
dairy farmer. He was the chair of
Tine Midt-Norge from 1998, board member of the nationwide dairy cooperative
Tine from 2002 and chair from 2006. Sandvik has also been a board member of the
Norwegian Agrarian Association, and a member of the
municipal council of
Meldal Municipality for twelve years and
Sør-Trøndelag county council for twelve years. He was a deputy representative to the
Parliament of Norway from
Sør-Trøndelag during the terms 1989–1993 and 1993–1997, Sp, albeit without meeting in parliamentary session. In 2011 he was voted as leader of the election committee in the Norwegian Agrarian Association. Sandvik died on 27 October 2024, at the age of 73. ==References==