Holmboe was able to help Abel gain a scholarship to remain at school and Abel was able to enter the University of Christiania in 1821, ten years after the university was founded.
Holmboe ay matulungan Abel makakuha ng scholarship upang manatili sa paaralan at Abel ay para ipasok ang University of Christiania sa 1821, sampung taon matapos ang unibersidad ay itinatag.