thumb|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]