Background
He was born in Bend, Oregon as a son of Wilhelm Torjussen Aalefjær (1881–1969) og Inger Larsen Kostøl (1890–1975). The family soon moved to Vennesla.
He was born in Bend, Oregon as a son of Wilhelm Torjussen Aalefjær (1881–1969) og Inger Larsen Kostøl (1890–1975). The family soon moved to Vennesla.
Norwegian Institute of Technology.
He resided and died in Bærum. He finished his secondary education at Kristiansand Cathedral School in 1937 and graduated as a construction engineer from the Norwegian Institute of Technology in 1941. He worked for the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Agency from 1942 to 1946, Drammens Elektrisitetsverk from 1946 to 1949 and the Water Resources and Energy Agency again from 1949.
From 1960 to his retirement in 1984 he was the director of Statskraftverkene.