Background
He was born in Aurskog, where his father was an officer
politician member of the Parliament of Norway
He was born in Aurskog, where his father was an officer
He took the Norwegian bar exam in 1849, and was an associate for seven years until he became an overrettssakførar (a lawyer who had the right to bring cases to court) in Christiania. As a Conservative Member of Parliament, he sat in the Norwegian Parliament for Jarlsberg and Larvik twice, between 1886-1891 and 1895-1901. He died in Christiania.