Career
In 1965 he made the first ascent of the Trollveggen mountain in Romsdalen, Norway, along with Leif Normann Petterson, Odd Eliassen and Jon Teigland. In 2000 he published a novel in the fantasy genre, titled Dragen som elsket meg ("The dragon that loved me"). He publishes and maintains Who Named lieutenant?, a large online dictionary of medical eponyms.