politician member of the Parliament of Norway
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from the Market towns of Vestfold county in 1945, and was re-elected on five occasions. A year before the end of the last term, he died and was replaced by Willy Jansson. He chaired the municipal party chapter from 1951 to 1966.
On the local level he was a member of Horten city council from 1945 to 1947.