The family lived in the Øvre Relingen district of what was then Fet municipality.

In 1913 Dørumsgard had become a socialist, and was hired as editor-in-chief of the new newspaper Akershus Social-Demokrat.

In the first and only general election contested by this party, in 1924, he was the sixth candidate on the Akershus ballot headed by Harald Halvorsen.

[6] Dørumsgaard also founded the Social Democratic newspaper Lillestrømsposten, which was incorporated by Akershus Arbeiderblad in 1931.

[2] Dørumsgard had a significant literary production, publishing fifteen poetry collections.