Captain Bratli played a key role in building Rapid Response Information Teams in the NATO Alliance and NATO APIC (Allied Press and Information Centres), as well as modernizing the Norwegian Navy P&I units. He is an active member of the Norwegian Reserve Officer Federation as well as in the CIOR (the NATO reservist organization). He is former editor in the daily press and military periodicals, a former member of the board of the Atlantic Committee and Member of DCAF Director's advisory board.
Bratli was appointed and served as special adviser to the Presidium of the Norwegian Parliament before being elected to the high office of Military Commissioner. [1]
He has written more than twenty books. Many about Military and Naval History, National Security, Christianity and Golf. In 2013 Bratli bought the Kurud estate, with a private golf course, Gjersjoen, near Oslo, Norway. Bratli is a member of the prestigious Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews.
Select bibliography
Norway's Security and European Foreign Policy for the 1980s. 1979
Kåre Willoch - Our New Prime Minister. 1981
Horten's Sports Club Through 125 Years. 1985
Behind the Open Door. 1986
The Last Years. An account from a Naval Yard. 1986
From the Golden Horn to the Trade Union Battle. 1990
100 years of private banking, Horten. 1991
Year of Golf. 1993
Naval Officer and Pillar of Society. 1994
How to Become a Golfer. 1995
Korsets Vei - en beretning om Smiths Venner. 1995
The Way Of The Cross. Canada, USA, England. 1996
Der Weg des Kreuzes. Germany, Austria, Switzerland. 1996
