Career
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1842 and 1845, while working as a headmaster in Tromsøest He was then elected three more times, in 1854, 1857 and 1859, from the constituency Lillehammer og Hamar. He worked as a school principal there.
He was also mayor for some time.
They had seven children. He died in 1878 in Lillehammer.