He is best associated with his topographical description of Sunnmøre.
He took the jurist examination in Copenhagen in 1776, and worked as district stipendiary magistrate (sorenskriver) in Sundmøre from 1779 to 1798.
For example, the Football Association of Norway has a separate Regional Association for Sunnmøre, separate from Nordmøre and Romsdal.
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For many centuries a route traveled from the village of Lom up through Billingsdal and then down to Nordfjord and Sunnmøre.