Career
He hailed from Søgne. He started as an ethnologist, but later took the candidate.philol. degree in history. He worked in the National Archival Services branch in Kristiansand from 1975.
His main work was To kulturer - en statistical
1851-1884, volume eleven of the overview of Norwegian history, Norges historie, published by Cappelen and edited by Knut Mykland. He died in 1990.