Early Life
Helge Ingstad was born to Olav Ingstad and Olga Marie Qvam in Meråker, Nord-Trøndelag. His father was municipal engineer in Tromsø and held the title of factory supervisor. Helge and his family moved to Bergen in 1915, and after graduating cand. jur. in 1922 he took up a practice of lawyer in Levanger.
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