He had social connections with the Norwegian poet Jakob Sande who frequently visited Gjølanger, and the Swiss-German writer Karl Friedrich Kurz, who lived in Vårdal on the north side of Dalsfjorden facing Gjølanger.
He had social interactions with the Norwegian poet Jakob Sande, who often visited Gjølanger, and the Swiss-German writer Karl Friedrich Kurz, who resided in Vårdal facing Gjølanger on the north side of Dalsfjorden.