Birte graduated from the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies in Edinburgh in 2000. She worked in mixed practice in Scotland and Iceland for 12 years before returning to Norway where she is partner and clinical director of a small animal clinic in Bergen. She is a general practitioner with a particular interest in soft tissue surgery, and also treats the occasional zoo animal.

Birte sits on the board of the Norwegian Small Animal Veterinary Association and the Western Norwegian Veterinary Association, and has been the FECAVA director for Norway since 2024.