Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Ya gama karatunsa na sakandare a Stabekk a 1932, kuma ya kammala karatunsa daga Jami'ar Oslo (Jami'ar Royal Frederick) a 1938 tare da cand.jur. digiri. Ya kuma yi karatu a takaice a Makarantar Tattalin Arziki ta London da Paris. A cikin 1938 an ɗauke shi aiki a matsayin sakatare a Ma'aikatar Harkokin Waje, wanda mahaifinsa ke jagoranta. An sanya shi a ofishin jakadancin Norway a Bucharest na ɗan lokaci, amma ya bar shi a watan Nuwamba 1939. Bayan harin Jamus a kan Norway a watan Afrilu 1940 ya yi aiki na ɗan gajeren lokaci a matsayin haɗin gwiwa ga sojojin Faransa
da ke fada a Narvik, kafin ya yi aiki a matsayin jami'in diflomasiyya a London, Tokyo da New York City.