Background
He was born in Trondheim to police officer Erling Østerberg and Jørgine Sofie Kleven.
He was born in Trondheim to police officer Erling Østerberg and Jørgine Sofie Kleven.
From 1981 to 1991 he was appointed professor in sociology at the University of Oslo. Among his works are Metasosiologisk Essay from 1963, Makt og materiell from 1971, and a biography of Jean-Paul Sartre from 1993.
He was a central contributor to the so-called positivism debate in the 1960s and 1970s.