Background
He was born in Drammen as the son of Jens Gram. He was a brother of Johan Fredrik Gram, a maternal grandson of Philisophy A. Munch and a paternal great-grandson of Jens Jensen Gram, a nephew of Andrea Gram and a first cousin of Harald Gram.
Career
He finished his secondary education in 1892, and graduated with the candidate.med. degree in 1900. In 1902 and 1903 he studied bacteriology at the University of Giessen and the Pasteur Institute. He worked in Kristiania from 1903.
From July 1915 he was a lecturer at the University of Kristiania, and in December 1918 he was appointed as director of the Norwegian Directorate for Medicine.
He succeeded Michael Holmboe. He travelled extensively abroad during this period, cooperating with foreign and international bodies.
In August 1927 he was hired as the city physician of Kristiania. He died in 1929.