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). In 1918 he married pharmacist's daughter Asta Trojel (1896–1984).[1]
He finished his education at Frogner School in 1912, and graduated 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]
He also chaired the board of Borregaard, was a board member of De-No-Fa from 1925 to 1933 and Lade Fabriker from 1926 to 1933,[1] and supervisory council member of Forsikringsaktieselskabet Norden[2] and Norges Hypotekforening for Næringslivet.[3] 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.[4] 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.[5] He also served as a consul for Denmark from 1928 to 1933.[6]
He was decorated as a Knight, First Class of the Order of the Dannebrog[6] and 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.[7]
References
- ^ a b c d e Hultengreen, Harald. "Arne Meidell". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b 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.
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