Ring was born 24 December 1884 in Jelling. His father, Marius Sørensen, taught history and Danish at Jelling State Seminary.[3] In 1911, Ring became a teacher in Ribe's educator's college.[1] He began teaching at Skårup Seminary in 1930[3] and later served as a director for the group Fyns Folkekor.[4]
Ring helped to popularize folk music at the time of World War I together with Thomas Laub, Thorvald Aagaard and Carl Nielsen. This resulted in the publication of Folkehøjskolen's Melodibog in 1922, which the four edited.[4]
Ring's other works included Svinedregen, an operatic adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tales.[5] He also edited the Arbejdermelodibogen, a book of folk songs written for workers and popular in Denmark's Social Democrat labour movement.[6]
Ring died on 26 April 1946 in Skårup, Funen.[1]
