 Mørkved finished folk high school (1909), forester school (1911), commerce school (1912) before enrolling in higher education, graduating in forestry from the Norwegian College of Agriculture in 1917.He was hired as a forest manager in Namdal Aktiedampsag & Høvleri in 1918, then as timber director in Namdalsbruket in 1920.From 1934 he was the manager and owner of Spillumbruket.