Background
He was born in Hammerfest, and was married to actress Gerd Egede-Nissen from 1922 to 1940, and to the sister of his first wife, Gøril Havrevold, from 1962.
He was born in Hammerfest, and was married to actress Gerd Egede-Nissen from 1922 to 1940, and to the sister of his first wife, Gøril Havrevold, from 1962.
He graduated as candidate.med.
In 1907, and worked as a physician in Stavanger from 1908 to 1911. He then worked two years at the Rockefeller Institute in New York City, where he studied neurosurgery, and further studied bacteriology and histology in Paris. He was appointed professor in surgery at the University of Oslo from 1928.
Among his works is his thesis from 1917/1918, Om nervetransplantation, and Nordisk lærebok i kirurgi (first edition 1920, in cooperation with G Petrén).
