Kristian Garup Meidell Explained

Kristian Garup Meidell, sometimes just Garup Meidell (8 May 1866 – 25 July 1926) was a Norwegian barrister.

He was born in Nes i Hallingdal as a son of district stipendiary magistrate Frants Henrik Meidell and Olivia Annette Caroline Arntzen. In 1893 he married Kristine Marie Birkeland, a daughter of Supreme Court Justice Laurits Birkeland.[1] Their son Arne Meidell became a known industrial leader.[2] Another son, Frants, followed in his father's footsteps as a barrister.[3]

Garup Meidell finished his secondary education in 1885 and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the cand.jur. degree in 1890.[1] He worked under his father before settling as an attorney in Kristiania in 1893. From 1896 he was a barrister with access to working with Supreme Court cases. Among others he worked as a lawyer for the Central Bank of Norway, and at his death he was described as one of the "best known jurists" in Norway's capital.[4]

He notably took part in the liquidation of Den norske Discontobank in 1901 and Industribanken in 1902.[1] He was also appointed by the state to the control committee of Andresens og Bergens Kreditbank, when this bank was placed under public administration in 1923.[4] He chaired the supervisory council of Elektrisk Bureau,[5] and was a board member of the Norwegian Bar Association. He died in July 1926 at Modum Bad.[4]

Notes and References

  1. https://runeberg.org/hvemerhvem/1912/0184.html Hvem er hvem? 1912
  2. Encyclopedia: Arne Meidell. Norsk biografisk leksikon. Harald. Hultengreen. Helle, Knut. Knut Helle. Kunnskapsforlaget. Oslo. Norwegian. 18 December 2011.
  3. Encyclopedia: Meidell, Frants (Henrik). Merkantilt biografisk leksikon. Yrkesforlaget. Oslo. 1st. Hoffstad. Einar. Einar Hoffstad. 1935. 513. 10 January 2014. Norwegian.
  4. News: Aftenposten Aften. 26 July 1926. 3. Dødsfald. Norwegian.
  5. News: A.s Elektrisk Bureau. 3 April 1925. Aftenposten Aften. 5. Norwegian.