Among his publications is Dynamic Meteorology and Weather Forecasting from 1957. He was also a pioneer in the application of electronic computers in Norway. He chaired the Norwegian Geophysical Society from 1956 to 1957 and was a fellow of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters from 1937.
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He was a member of the Bergen School of Meteorology, working as meteorologist in Bergen from 1938, and appointed professor at the University of Bergen from 1946.