Arne Meidell
Arne Meidell (17 November 1894 – 8 August 1963) was a Norwegian jurist and businessperson.
He was born in Kristiania as a son of barrister Kristian Garup Meidell (1866–1926) and Kristine Marie Birkeland (1871–1958).[1] He was a maternal grandson of Supreme Court Justice Laurits Birkeland.[2] In 1918 he married Danish pharmacist's daughter Asta Trojel (1896–1984).[1][3]
He finished his education at Frogner School in 1912, and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the cand.jur. degree in 1916. After graduation, he was a junior solicitor, then from 1925 a barrister with access to Supreme Court cases. By then he had already become a business leader. In 1922 he was hired as manager of Lilleborg Fabriker, advancing to chief executive officer in 1929. In 1933 he was hired as chief executive (director-general) in Borregaard, where he remained until 1960.[1][3]
He also chaired the board of Borregaard and Norges Eksportråd, was a board member of De-No-Fa from 1925 to 1933, Lade Fabriker from 1926 to 1933, Andresens og Bergens Kreditbank from 1928 to 1933, as well as Sulitjelma Gruber from 1937, Norsk Cellullfabrikk, Folldal Verk,[3] and supervisory council member of Forsikringsaktieselskabet Norden[4] and Norges Hypotekforening for Næringslivet.[5] He was a member of the skiing-based social club SK Fram, and served as deputy chairman from 1959 to 1960 and chairman from 1960 to 1963.[6] He was a vice president of the Norwegian Red Cross,[1] and in the 1930s he was a member of the council of Norges Forsvarsforening.[7] He also served as a consul for Denmark from 1928 to 1933.[8]
He was decorated as a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog, the Order of Vasa, the Order of the White Rose of Finland and the Austrian Order of Merit,[3] as well as a Commander with Star of the Order of St. Olav. A road has been named after him in Sarpsborg,[1] and a bust of Meidell was unveiled in the same city in 1964.[9]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e Hultengreen, Harald. "Arne Meidell". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
- ^ Hvem er hvem? 1912
- ^ a b c d Steenstrup, Bjørn, ed. (1948). "Meidell, Arne". Hvem er hvem? (in Norwegian). Oslo: Aschehoug. p. 353. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ "Forsikrings-Aktieselskabet Norden". Aftenposten. 27 May 1957. p. 8.
- ^ "Det nyeste kreditinstitut". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 14 December 1927. p. 8.
- ^ Løvenskiold, Axel, ed. (1964). Skiklubben Fram 75 år. De siste 25 år 1939–1964 (in Norwegian). p. 85.
- ^ Graff, Rolf (1936). Forsvarsforeningen i Norge gjennem femti år 1886–1936 (in Norwegian). Oslo: Grøndahl & Søn. pp. 141–142.
- ^ Hoffstad, Einar, ed. (1935). "Meidell, Arne". Merkantilt biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian) (1st ed.). Oslo: Yrkesforlaget. p. 512. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
- ^ "Arne Meidell". Store norske leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 December 2011.