Background
He was born in Tjølling as the son of a shipmaster.
He was born in Tjølling as the son of a shipmaster.
He then embarked on several parallel careers. He enrolled in the military, studied law parallel and pursued a journalistic career.
He took his secondary education in Skien in 1885 and worked one year as a school teacher in Larvik. As a military officer he reached the ranks of Premier Lieutenant in 1894 and Captain in 1903. He had started early as a journalist, and edited the newspaper Ørebladet from 1891 to 1892.
In 1895, he graduated with the candidate.jur. degree.
He spent the years 1896 and 1897 as a law clerk in Trondhjem, before moving to Kristiansund North. Here, he was a solicitor from 1899 to 1904, and also edited the local newspaper Møre Tidende. He then worked as a solicitor in Kristiania, before moving to Kristiansand South in 1909.
Parallel to working as a solicitor there, he edited Sørlandets Socialdemokrat. In 1921, he was hired as police attorney.
From 1929 to 1936, he served as town clerk.
He was also director of the municipal cinema company, chaired the school board and the local Riksmål association. He served one term, representing the Labour Party.
He was also a deputy member of the city council for a short period. A member of the city council from 1919 to 1925, the last term in the executive committee, he was also elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1919.