Background
He was born in Dypvåg, and grew up in Sandnes.
He was born in Dypvåg, and grew up in Sandnes.
He was a journalist in the newspaper 1ste Mai from 1929, and for Arbeiderbladet from 1936. During World World War II he was press counsellor for the Norwegian government-in-exile in London. From 1946 he worked for the United Nations.