Master of Laws, University Copenhagen, 1935. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1937. Doctor Political Science, University Geneva, 1938.
Vice-consul Hamburg, 1941-1943. Minister foreign affairs, 1943-1946. Senior officer Secretariat of the United Nations, New York City, 1946-1954.
Minister foreign affairs, 1954-1959. Counsellor Embassy, Washington, 1959-1962. Ambassador to New Zealand, 1962-1966, Venezuela, 1966-1974, Haiti and Dominican Republic, 1967-1974.
Delegate United Nations General Assemblies, 1968, 69, 74-76. Ambassador to Romania and Bulgaria, 1978-1981. Visiting lecturer American Universities, 1981.
Member Harvard Club (New York ).
Married Monique Carette, 1962.