Background
He was born in Kristiania, was an older brother of Jacob Bergsland and represented the fencing club Kristiania FK.
He was born in Kristiania, was an older brother of Jacob Bergsland and represented the fencing club Kristiania FK.
He finished his secondary education in 1897, took commercial education in Germany, France and England and the candidate.philol.
He competed at the 1908 (épée) and 1912 Summer Olympics (épée and team épée). degree in 1901. From 1916 to 1922 he ran the company Peter Petersen & Company He was the chief executive of Helsingborg Galoger and co-owner of Sandnes Kamgarn Spinneri.
Among others, he worked with the 50 kilometre ski slope in Holmenkollen.
He died in 1956.
He was a supervisory council member of Livsforsikringsselskapet Fram and deputy member of Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse. He was a member of Bærum municipal council, and was a board member of the municipal cinematographer. He chaired his own fencing club and the Norwegian Fencing Federation, and was a board member of the Norwegian Trekking Association.
