Education
Born in Haram, he graduated from Asker Seminary in 1888.
Born in Haram, he graduated from Asker Seminary in 1888.
In 1896 he bought the local newspaper Hordaland, and became editor-in-chief In 1898 he published the songbook Norsk Songbok for Ungdomsskular og Ungdomslag, which became very popular through the twentieth century. He left the folk high school in 1902, and died the next year.