Career
He was President of the Lagting from 1893 to 1900.
politician member of the Parliament of Norway
He was President of the Lagting from 1893 to 1900.
He was a local politician in Bergen for thirty years before becoming a member of parliament from 1883 to 1885 and from 1892 to 1900. He was a delegate to several Interparliamentary Peace Conferences and a member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee from 1901 to 1912.
