 Among Bugge's supporters were professor and later principal of Christiania Cathedral School Ludvig Vibe.Although the classical subjects declined and never recovered, Bugge all in all became known as one of the "grand school strategists in 19th-century Norway", together with Ole Vig and Hartvig Nissen.Bugge was also a member of Royal Norwegian Society of Sciences and Letters from 1833, and praeses (chairman) from 1838 to 1851.