Background
He was born in Stavanger and took the candidate.theol.
He was born in Stavanger and took the candidate.theol.
Degree in 1949 at the MF Norwegian School of Theology. He was the secretary-general of the Norwegian Lutheran Inner Mission Society from 1966 to 1975, then dean in Jæren. After three years there, he served as bishop of the Diocese of Tunsberg from 1978 to 1990.
He chaired Organisasjonenes Fellesråd and Luther Forlag.