Background
He was born in Christiania, a son of Aksel Olaf Skau and Anna Karoline Dahl.
He was born in Christiania, a son of Aksel Olaf Skau and Anna Karoline Dahl.
He graduated as candidate.jur. in 1920, and later practiced as a barrister. He was appointed Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway from 1945 to 1963. He died in 1975 and was buried at Haslum.