He was the son of Lauritz Paulsen Havrevold (1859–1940) and Marta Malena Nielsen (1873–1927).

After graduating artium 1914 and a year of study in liberal arts at the University of Washington in Seattle, he graduated as a chemistry engineer at Norwegian Institute of Technology (NTH) in Trondheim during 1920.

He held the presidency in the Norwegian Stage Instructor's Association from 1954 to 1959 and participated in the board of the State Teaterskole from 1956.

[3] In 1939 he received the Norwegian Theatre Critics Award (Teaterkritikerprisen) jointly with Lars Tvinde.

In 1951 he won the King's Medal of Merit (Kongens fortjenstmedalje) in gold.