Background
He was born in Trondenes, Norway in 1934.
He was born in Trondenes, Norway in 1934.
He graduated from the University of Oslo with the candidate.theol.
Degree in 1959. He was a parish priest in Vefsn starting in 1971, after having been a military chaplain for some time. He served as dean in Tromsø Cathedral from 1984 to 1990 and bishop of the Diocese of Nord-Hålogaland from 1990 to 2001. He died in April 2009 in Tromsø, Norway.