Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: Ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ sekọndrị na Stabekk na 1932, ma gụsịrị akwụkwọ na Mahadum Oslo (Royal Frederick University) na 1938 na cand.jur. ogo. Ọ gụkwara akwụkwọ nwa oge na London School of Economics na Paris. N'afọ 1938, e were ya n'ọrụ dị ka odeakwụkwọ na Ministry of Foreign Affairs, nke nna ya na-eduzi. E zigara ya na ndị nnọchi anya Norwegian na Bucharest ruo oge ụfọdụ, mana ọ hapụrụ na Nọvemba 1939. Mgbe ndị Germany wakporo Norway n'ọnwa Eprel afọ 1940, ọ rụrụ ọrụ nwa oge dị ka onye na-ahụ maka ndị agha France.
na-alụ ọgụ na Narvik, tupu ije ozi dị ka onye nnọchi anya na London, Tokyo na New York City.