Career
He represented Kristiansands IF. He never participated in the Summer Olympics. His career was interrupted by World World War II in Norway 1940-1945. He was imprisoned in Arkivet from 14 November 1944 and then in Grini concentration camp from 5 December 1944 to the war"s end in May 1945.
A month earlier, on the same track, he had clocked a career best time in 200 m of 21.5 seconds.