He started his journalistic career at the age of sixteen, and in 1904 he became editor-in-chief of the Aalesund newspaper Nybrott.
[1] He took over from Johan Gjøstein in 1906, but fell out with the newspaper owners and the local party, and was replaced by Cornelius Holmboe[2] in 1908.
He remained editor until 1943, when he was deposed as a part of Nazi rule.
[4] Nonetheless Tore Pryser reports him to have become positive to the Nazi rule after some time.
[1] He was one of the main agitators in the labour press against the Twenty-one Conditions.