 He spent many years training in horticulture and fruit cultivation.He went to Hjeltnes Horticulture School ("Hjeltnes videregående skole") in Ulvik (1927 and 1933–34), Norwegian University of Life Sciences at Ås (1930) and the State Research Center ("Statens forsøksgardt") at Hermannsverk in Sogn og Fjordane (1931-1933).He lived his whole life in Ulvik working as a gardener in his own apple orchard.