Background
He was born in Mandal as a son of ship-owner Jørgen Ørbech Bugge (1829–1888) and Amalia Gjerulfsen.
He was born in Mandal as a son of ship-owner Jørgen Ørbech Bugge (1829–1888) and Amalia Gjerulfsen.
University of Oslo.
He finished his secondary education in 1880, and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the candidate.jur. degree in 1885. He became a barrister in 1889, with access to working with Supreme Court cases. He worked as an attorney in Fredrikstad from 1889 to 1918, when he became an assessor.
In 1919 he was promoted to Supreme Court Justice.
While in Fredrikstad he was also elected to the city council and its executive committee. He died in November 1940.
He was also a board member of the Norwegian Bar Association from 1908 to 1916.