He served as a vicar in Aker and was the priest at the chapel of Akershus Castle, until he was expelled from the country for Catholicism in 1613.
He was the son of Rasmus Hjort, a humanist and the dean at Tønsberg, and his wife Gidse Berg.
[1] Hjort first studied at Oslo Cathedral School, and then in Copenhagen, Rostock and at the Jesuit college of Braunsberg.
[1] In 1613 a decision was made to take strong measures in Denmark-Norway against Catholics, especially supporters of the Jesuits, due to fear of the Counter-Reformation movement.
Hjort and others were prosecuted for Catholicism and eventually convicted at a trial held at the vicarage of Gjerpen.