Education: Biology, Oslo University and anthrop. Kroepelien Polynesian Library 1933-36 with field research Polynesian migration routes Marquesas Islands 1937-38 and Coast Indians British Columbia 1939-40. Publ. National Geogr. Magazine 1941 (Turning Back Time in the South Seas) and International Science 1941 (Did Polynesian culture originate in America?).

Active service World War II Free Norwegian Army Airforce parachute unit 1942-45.