He studied at art school in Trondheim from 1948 to 1950 where his teachers included Kristofer Leirdal.
He attended the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts from 1950 to 1953 where he studied under Per Palle Storm.
From 1953 to 1954, he was enrolled at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts studying under Einar Utzon-Frank and Mogens Bøggild.
From 1953 to 1954 he stayed in Copenhagen, where he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts under Einar Utzon-Frank and Mogens Bøggild.
In 1957, he traveled under scholarship to England and France in order to study Gothic sculpture.