He was born at Stavanger in Rogaland as a son of ship-owner and consul Hans Lindahl Falck (1863–1937) and Karen Johanne Poulsson (1866–1952).
He worked in Kronstadt and St. Petersburg from 1912 to 1918; the last three years as co-owner of the transport company Ejbøl, Falck & Co.
[1] In his time, Falck was not uncontroversial after his actions during the occupation of Norway by Nazi Germany.
Falck was also acting vice president of the Norwegian Shipowners' Association,[1] where he had been a board member since 1937,[2] and refused to let the Nazi authorities take control over the organization.
The Shipowners' Association was declared illegal in 1943, and Falck continued underground in its central board; hosting several meetings in his own Mjølfjell cabin.
His son, Hans L. Falck (born 1921), was a board member of Bergenske Dampskibsselskab from 1961 to 1967.