He was married to Rita Thornborg from 1941 to 1948, then Ann Mari Strugstad Rolf from 1951 to 1960.

[1] His first short film was Hva turister aldri ser from 1934, about the Arctic fox.

His first large success was the 1950 film Gjensyn med jungelfolket, about the Chocó people in Panama.

Among his books are Hva verden viste meg from 1952 and The Laplanders from 1964.

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