Born in Hasle, Denmark, where his father was district attorney, he took the classical languages exam at Sorø Akademi in 1928, then going on to study comparative literature at Copenhagen University, then at the Sorbonne in Paris and in Grenoble.
He was born in Hasle, Denmark. He took the classical languages exam at Sorø Akademi in 1928, then going on to study comparative literature at Copenhagen University at the Sorbonne in Paris and in Grenoble. This was then. His father was district attorney.