He decorated public buildings in Berlin, Leipzig and Oslo, and worked as instructor at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry.

[1] Utne trained with woodcarver Lars Kinsarvik [no] and sculptor Mathias Skeibrok [no], and further studied in Paris and Copenhagen.

[1] In Oslo he made decorations for Nationaltheatret, the Museum of Cultural History, Oslo, the Norwegian Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, the Ministry of Justice building, and the headquarter of Bank of Norway.

[1] He is represented at the National Museum of Norway, which has the bronze sculpture Gutten med beltet.

[2] Other works include a statue of Fridtjof Nansen, busts of Henrik Bull and of Wilhelm Krohg, a relief of Wilhelm II, a bust of Marcus Thrane, and a statue of Johan Hirsch.