She went to Berlin, Munich and London for studies and began her international career as a singer after debuting in 1906. She supported young composers such as Fartein Valen, Fridtjof Backer-Grøndahl, Sparre Olsen, Ludvig Irgens Jensen, Marius Moaritz Ulfrstad and Eivind Groven. She also worked as a singing teacher in Oslo and married Sigurd Barstad Sandvik, a brother of singer Dagny Sandvik, opera singer Ingeborg Sandvik Kristensen and musicologist Ole Mørk Sandvik.
