Cika wannan jumla: Bredo Henrik von Munthe af Morgenstierne ya sami digiri na cand.jur. a Copenhagen, kuma an ɗauke shi a matsayin mai tantancewa a kotun birnin Copenhagen. A cikin 1802 an daukaka shi zuwa babban lauya na Kotun Koli. Ya bar Denmark a 1804, kuma ya yi tafiya a Turai a matsayin mai violinist. A cikin 1806 ya zo Norway, kuma ya fara zama a Moss. Lokacin da
Yaƙin Gunboat (1807<unk>1814) ya ɓarke, ya yi aiki a cikin tsaron bakin teku na Norway, amma a 1810 an ɗauke shi a matsayin lauya. A shekara ta 1820 an nada shi magistrat na gundumar ("sorenskriver") a Bamble, yana zaune a kusa da birnin Porsgrund.