Background
He was born in Christiania as a son of Christian Fredrik Hambro and Stine Bødtker.
He was born in Christiania as a son of Christian Fredrik Hambro and Stine Bødtker.
University of Oslo.
He finished his secondary education in 1869, and first studied philology, then jurisprudence from 1873. He graduated from the Royal Frederick University in 1875 with the candidate.jur. degree. He worked as a lawyer and public jurist before being named as an assessor (judge) in Kristiania City Court in 1891.
From 1910 to 1921 he was an assessor in the Supreme Court of Norway.
He also worked as a lecturer at the University, notably in Roman law. Academic works in this field include Omrids av den romerske civilproces (1887), Den romerske obligationsrets specielle del (1921), Den romerske tingsret (1921), Den romerske familieog arveret (1923) and Om nogle medical forbud beslegtede retsmidler i den romerske ret (1924).
He wrote numerous other books, and contributed to the journals Norsk Retstidende and Tidsskrift for Retsvidenskap. He served in Kristiania city council from 1902 to 1907.
He died in 1936.