Mr. Stein Lundebye lived in Bahrain during the period 1973-80 when he was appointed Senior Traffic Engineer with the
Public Works Department (PWD) at the Ministry of Works, Power and Water. He was also Traffic Engineering Advisor to the Traffic & Licensing Directorate, Ministry of Interior where he was working very closely with Sh. Abdul Rehman bin Rashed Al Khalifa, the Director of the Traffic & Licensing Directorate.

During his time at PWD, he mentored a young Bahraini civil engineer, (Eng. Esam Khalaf) who had studied in the United States. He is now the Minister of Works
for the Government.

Mr. Stein Lundebye has two daughters that attended St. Christopher School in Bahrain.