Career
He took over the farm Sindre in Nordfjord when his father died in 1882. He represented the party Venstre (Norway), being mayor of the Innvik municipality from 1895, thereafter elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1899, serving for the period 1900-1902. From 1895-1901 he was also editor of the newspaper Fjordabladet of Nordfjordeid.
He died of cancer only 48 years old.