Background
He was born in Copenhagen, where his father Andreas Arntzen took his jurist education.
He was born in Copenhagen, where his father Andreas Arntzen took his jurist education.
He moved to his father"s home country Norway in 1821, and graduated as candidate.jur. in 1827. He then worked as a civil servant for some time. He was later County Governor of Søndre Trondhjems Amt (today named Sør-Trøndelag) from 1840 to 1857, and of Christiania (Oslo) from 1857 to 1874.
He died in 1876.
He was appointed acting councillor of state in the interim government which was founded during King Carl XV"s illness in 1861, but did not actually assume office.