Completed apprenticeship as a cabinetmaker in 1934. Trained as a furniture designer at Kunsthåndværkerskolen [College of Arts and Crafts] in Copenhagen from 1936-38 and at Kunstakademiets Møbelskole [the Academy of Fine Arts’ Furniture College] 1938-41. Employed in various architects’ offices in Copenhagen from 1938-42, including those of Mogens Koch and Kaare Klint. Head of Fællesforeningen for Danmarks Brugsforeningers møbeltegnestue [The Danish Association of Consumer Cooperatives’ furniture design studio] 1942-50. Assistant teacher at Kunstakademiets Møbelskole 1945-47. Own design company from 1950. Awarded Bissens Legat 1945, Eckersbergs Medaille 1950, Dansk Købestævnes årsmedaille (silver) 1953, Københavns Snedkerlaugs årspris 1958, Møbelprisen 1971, C.F. Hansens Medaille 1972. Member of the Royal Society of Arts 1972. Died 5 October 1972.