Background
He was born at Storhaug in Hetland as a son of a bookprint manager.
He was born at Storhaug in Hetland as a son of a bookprint manager.
He finished his secondary education in 1924.
After graduating from Stord Teachers" College in 1927 he worked as a teacher in Øvre Sandsvær for one year, before being hired as a sports journalist in Dagbladet Rogaland in 1928. At that time he was an able football player and middle distance runner. He represented the club Illinois Viking.
He also played football for FK Vidar.
During the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany he was arrested in Stavanger on 21 February 1945 and imprisoned in Grini concentration camp from 11 March to the war"s end on 8 May 1945. He was sub-editor in Dagbladet Rogaland from 1946, and was later news editor and acting editor-in-chief
He was hired in Stavanger Aftenblad in 1950, and became editor of agricultural affairs and personalia. He was also a prolific writer of local history books
He died in 1971.