Holmenkollen Ski Festival
He took the examen artium in 1886, graduated from the Norwegian Military Academy in 1889, from the Norwegian Military College in 1893 and from the gymnastics school in 1896. He was an active skier, who won the Ladies' Cup in Husebyrennet in 1889. At the first Holmenkollen Ski Festival of 1892 he finished second in the Nordic combined contest. He was a member of SK Ull since 1889, and served as chairman from 1905 to 1910.