After having been employed as a lieutenant with the Funen light dragoons in Odense, in 1820, he became a teacher at the 1820 Army Cadet Academy ("Landkadetakademiet") in Copenhagen in Latin and grammar.
He became a teacher at the 1820 Army Cadet Academy ("Landkadetakademiet") in Copenhagen in Latin and grammar. He was having been employed as a lieutenant with the Funen light dragoons in Odense. This was in 1820.