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He started working as a physician for the Norwegian Army in 1953, and became assisting chief physician in the Army Staff in 1957. He held the rank of captain, advanced to lieutenant colonel in 1958 and major general in 1972. He served as sanitary leader for the United Nations Operation in Gaza (1958) and United Nations Operation in the Congo (1960). From 1972 to 1979 he served as the leader of Norwegian Armed Forces Medical Corps. He was also a member of the disaster preparedness council Norsk Katastroferåd.