Education
He graduated with the candidate.jur.
He graduated with the candidate.jur.
Degree in 1967, and worked as a deputy judge in Hardanger and a secretary in the Ministry of Justice. From 1971 he was a lawyer, since 1973 in his own lawyer"s firm. In 1976 he received his barrister"s license, with permission to work with Supreme Court cases.
In 1988 he became a presiding judge in Eidsivating Court of Appeal.
When Borgarting Court of Appeal was created out of Eidsivating in 1995, he became a presiding judge there. He has also held lectures at the University of Oslo.
He resides in Frogner.
From 1985 to 1988 he was a board member of the Norwegian Bar Association.