Background
He was born in Kristiania, and after finishing his secondary education in 1935 he studied languages and history before taking a military education.
Diplomat Government Director of Personnel
He was born in Kristiania, and after finishing his secondary education in 1935 he studied languages and history before taking a military education.
He attended the Norwegian Military Academy-in-exile (in London) and became an officer in 1943.
He was hired in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1946. He was an attaché and embassy secretary in France from 1947 to 1952 before returning to Norway. He was promoted to assistant secretary in 1952, sub-director in 1959 and deputy under-secretary of state in 1962.
In between he was a head teacher at the Norwegian National Defence College from 1957 to 1959.
He served as the Norwegian ambassador to North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Organization of European Cooperation and Development in Paris from 1963 to 1967, and to North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Brussels from 1967 to 1970. He was then the director of the Directorate for Civil Protection and Emergency Planning from 1970 to 1974, ambassador to the Organization of European Cooperation and Development from 1974 to 1977 and the permanent under-secretary of state in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1977 to 1980.
From 1980 to 1985 he was Norwegian the ambassador to France. He settled in Lillehammer after his retirement, and chaired Oplandske Dampskibsselskap for a period.
This was not uncontroversial because of his career ties to military intelligence.
He died in August 2003.
He was also a member of the Nygaard Haug Committee, a predecessor of the Lund Commission, from 1993 to 1994.