 He has been awarded honorary membership in all those organizations (honorary presidency in the Ice Hockey Association).He presided over the Oslo District Outdoor Recreation Association and the national association, ; and was an honorary member of the Oslo District Outdoor Recreation Association and the Oslo and Akershus Society for the Conservation of Nature.He has been called "the father of the Marka boundary", having spent major parts of his life campaigning for the outdoors area north of Oslo and the legal ratification of the current boundary.