Career
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament from Aust-Agder in 1945, but was not re-elected in 1949. He was also chairman of Aust-Agder county council, at that time a council of sitting mayors, from 1934 to 1939. Outside politics he was a farmer from 1918 to 1954, and in addition to this, county auditor from 1926 to 1942.