Arne Meidell

He was born in Kristiania as a son of barrister Kristian Garup Meidell (1866–1926) and Kristine Marie Birkeland (1871–1958).

[1][3] He finished his education at Frogner School in 1912, and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the cand.jur.

After graduation, he was a junior solicitor, then from 1925 a barrister with access to Supreme Court cases.

[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.

[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.