Amongst his teachers were the fiddlers Knut Lurås from Tinn, Jon Kjos from Åmotsdal, Mattis Flathus from Sauherad and Øystein Langedrag from Bø. The latter had been a soldier in the Napoleonic wars and had some experience with military music, which influenced his style, and to a degree the style of Myllarguten.
Among his mentors were fiddlers such as Knut Lurås from Tinn, Jon Kjos from Åmotsdal, Mattis Flathus from Sauherad, and Øystein Langedrag from Bø. The latter had participated in the Napoleonic wars and had experience with military music, which affected his style, and to a certain extent that of Myllarguten.