He was born in Christiania to Simon Peter Schjødt and Andrea Emilie Schriver.

He was married to Laura Marie Rømcke from 1885 to 1892, and to writer Edle Hartmann from 1900.

[2] Schjødt was barrister with access to work with the Supreme Court from 1885.

He was a co-founder (1884) and board member of the Norwegian Association for Women's Rights.

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