He was hired in the Norwegian Ministry of Justice and the Police in 1860, and in 1870 he went on to become district stipendiary magistrate in Varanger.
[1] While stationed here he was elected twice to the Norwegian Parliament from the constituency Hammerfest, Vardø og Vadsø.
He left Parliament in 1885[2] during a very critical time for the Conservative Party.
[1] In 1882 he became district stipendiary magistrate in Eker, Modum og Sigdal, and in 1889 he became presiding judge in Eidsivating Court of Appeal.
[4] He held this post until he died in November 1904, on the way to his office.