Norwegianconductor and composer. He studied medicine at first, but from 1843 founded several choirs in Christiania, and in 1853–4 was director of music at the Norske Teater. From 1857 to 1859 he conducted the Christiania subscription concerts; subsequently he made his living as a choral conductor and music teacher. He also composed male-voice choruses, cantatas, songs and piano works, and edited the songbooks.
