Whakakiia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I oti tana mātauranga tuarua i Stabekk i te tau 1932, ā, i puta ia i te Whare Wānanga o Oslo (Royal Frederick University) i te tau 1938 me te tohu cand.jur. I ako hoki ia i te London School of Economics me Paris. I te tau 1938 i utua ia hei kaitiaki i te Manatū mo nga Take o waho, i arahina e tona papa. I noho ia ki te karere o Norway i Bucharest mo etahi wa, engari i wehe ia i te marama o Noema 1939. Whai muri i te whakaekenga a Tiamana ki Norway i te Paenga-whāwhā 1940, i mahi poto ia hei hononga mo nga ope French
i te whawhai ki Narvik, i mua i tana mahi hei kaituku i Rānana, i Tokyo me New York City.