Paul Adolf Arenfeldt Eger (25 April 1878 – 1958) was a Norwegian barrister.
He was born in
Kristiania
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as a son of Nicolai Andresen Eger (1849–1910) and his wife Marie Frimann Dietrichson (1853–1946). He was a brother of
C. W. Eger. In 1903 he married Kirsten Stoud Platou (1881–1924), a daughter of barrister Christian Constant Stoud Platou.
He
finished his secondary education in 1896, and graduated from the
Royal Frederick University
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with the
cand.jur.
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No ...
degree in 1902.
[ After one year as deputy judge in Toten District Court, he became a junior solicitor under his father, in the law firm N. A. Eger in 1903. From 1908 he was a barrister with access to work with ]Supreme Court
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cases. His law firm was named ''Mortensen, Eger og Manner'', and was co-located in ''Kongens gate 18'' with his brother's company Elkem
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.Christiania Spigerverk
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, Victoria Linoleumfabrik, Den Ankerske Marmorforretning
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, Oslo Sparebank
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,[ and ]Norsk Musikforlag
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. He was a board member of Christiania Portland Cementfabrik, Norsk Blikvalseverk, Rødsand Gruber. He chaired the supervisory council of Norsk Sprængstofindustri
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, Union Co
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, Hunsfos Fabrikker, and was deputy council chair in Forsikringsselskapet Fram and Forenede Nagle- & Skruefabriker.[
Eger became a member of the gentlemen's skiing club SK Fram in 1917, and received lifetime membership in 1952. He was also a member of the gentlemen's club ]Det Norske Selskab
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.[ He died in November 1958.]
References
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1878 births
1958 deaths
Lawyers from Oslo
University of Oslo alumni
SK Fram members