Career
He took his medical education at the University of Heidelberg, graduating in 1967. He started as a specialist in pediatrics in 1976 and took the dr.med. degree in 1977. He worked at Rikshospitalet until 1979, when he was hired at Ullevål Hospital.
He was one of the country"s leading specialists in neonatal medicine.
As such he was also a researcher and lecturer in medicine at the University of Oslo. He died in June 2012, only three days before his retirement.