Born on 27 October 1914 in Bergen, Norway

• Cand. Jur. (LLB) 1939
• Assistant Judge 1939-1941
• Secretary, Ministry of Supply, 1941-1943
• Public Prosecutor, Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, 1945-1948
• Admitted to the Bar of the Supreme Court, 1948
• Practised law 1948-1956
• Secretary General, Royal Ministry of Justice and Police, 1956-1964
• Justice of the Norwegian Supreme Court, 1964-1969
• President of the Norwegian Supreme Court, 1969
• Member of the Penal Law Revision Committee since 1949; Chairman since 1965
• Censor, Faculty of Law, University of Oslo
• Vice-President of the Court from 4 February 1981 to 29 May 1985
• President of the Court from 30 May 1985 to 18 February 1998
• Judge of the European Court of Human Rights from 23 January 1973 to18 February 1998