He was born at
Vang Municipality in
Hedmark, Norway. He entered the
Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry in 1889. He studied under
Gerhard Munthe,
Alfred Philippe Roll,
Eilif Peterssen and
Harriet Backer, and
Kristian Zahrtmann. He studied at
Paris and in Italy. In 1905, he moved to
Lillehammer and in 1912 to a house that
Thorvald Erichsen had had built based upon design by
Arnstein Arneberg. He lived in Lillehammer until his death in 1939. He painted in different styles over the course of his career, and is represented with several works in the
National Gallery of Norway. Jorde also worked as an illustrator, illustrating
Nansen and
Sverdrup's
Fram over polhavet (1897) and
Andersen's
I cancelliraadens dage (1907) and
I brønden og i tjernet by
Jørgen Moe (1898). ==References==