He was Norwegian champion in the 50 km in 1958 and 1960, and competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 1958. Here he finished as the best Norwegian in 20th place in the 50 kilometres race, which stood as the worst performance by the Norwegian team until 2003. He was awarded Egebergs Ærespris in 1960. He represented the clubs Herefoss IL and IL i BUL.