He attended the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry (Statens Håndverks- og Kunstindustriskole) in Oslo (1949–54) and the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts (Statens Kunstakademi) in Oslo under Per Palle Storm (1954–57) and Per Krohg (1957-58).

He trained in Copenhagen under Gottfred Eickhoff (1959) and attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumiere in Paris (1965–66).

He is represented at the National Gallery of Norway with the sculpture Inntrykk fra en reise from 1981.

In 2009, he was awarded the Ingeborg og Per Palle Storms ærespris.

The prize was granted jointly with Bård Breivik (1948–2016) for their significant effort for Norwegian figurative art.