As a skier he participated in two Olympic Games and placed fourth at the 1962 World Championships.
In the athletics he took several national titles, and recorded one nineteenth place at the 1962 European Championships.
He placed fourth in the same event at the Nordic World Ski Championships 1962,[1] and also participated in the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics.
[2] Teammates in the latter event were Erling Steineide, Einar Østby and Harald Grønningen.
[9] His personal best time in the 10,000 metres was 29:30.4 minutes, achieved in September 1966 at Bislett stadion.