He was elected to the Parliament of Norway in 1844 from Søndre Trondhjems Amt, and re-elected in 1847 and 1850.
[3] He was counted as liberal, and has been viewed as one of the best speakers in Parliament at the time.
As a political ally of Henrik Wergeland, he wrote the draft when Parliament in 1851 abolished the prohibition of Jews in the Norwegian Constitution.
[1] He was a curate[3] before being appointed as vicar in Eid in 1851.
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