Education
He graduated as candidate.theol.
He graduated as candidate.theol.
In 1930. He worked as seamen"s priest in New Orleans from 1931 to 1934, in Antwerp from 1935 to 1936, and in Hamburg from 1936 to 1942. He had to leave Germany because of a conflict with Nazi-friendly Norwegians in Germany, and assistant priest Arne Berge took over after him as the seamen"s priest in Hamburg. He was parish priest in Brandbu from 1946.