Career
He was elected to the Norwegian Parliament in 1910 from the constituency Østerrisør, and was re-elected in 1913. Born in Brekkestø, he enrolled as a student in 1883 and graduated as candidate.med. in 1890. He first opened his own physician"s office in Lillesand, in 1890, but moved to Risør in 1891 and became town physician there in 1910.