 He worked as an accountant and salesman in Agence des Pays du Nord in Paris between 1924 and 1929, and then, while also studying chemistry in Brussels he was a director of Societé Belge du Titane from 1929 to 1935.In 1935 he returned to Norway as director of exports in Norsk Aluminium Co.In 1937 he became director in Titan Co in Fredrikstad.