Career
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1854 and 1857, representing the constituency of Trondhjem og Levanger. Outside politics he was a jurist and had graduated as candidate.jur. in 1837. In 1854 he was a stipendiary magistrate (byfoged) of Trondhjem.
In 1857 he had been appointed Supreme Court judge.
He served as the sixth Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway from 1874 to 1877.