Background
He was born in Bergen as a son of district stipendiary magistrate Michael Vilhelm Malling (1843–1918) and Marie Eleonora Henrichsen (1856–1944).
He was born in Bergen as a son of district stipendiary magistrate Michael Vilhelm Malling (1843–1918) and Marie Eleonora Henrichsen (1856–1944).
He finished his secondary education in 1902 and graduated with the candidate.med.
Degree in 1910, proceeding to take the dr.med. degree in 1919. He practised as an ophthalmologist in Tromsø from 1913 to 1922, Bergen from 1922 to 1939 and Oslo after 1954. Between 1939 and 1954 he was a professor of medicine at the University of Oslo and chief physician at the Rikshospitalet.
He died in 1989 and was buried at Strømsø.
He chaired Norske Øyenlægers Forening from 1932 to 1933 and was an editorial board member of Medicinsk Revue.