Paul Adolf Arenfeldt Eger (25 April 1878 – 1958) was a Norwegian barrister. He was born in

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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

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with the

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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

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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

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. He continued working with law until his death at the age of 80. He chaired

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, Victoria Linoleumfabrik, Den Ankerske Marmorforretning, Oslo Sparebank, and

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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, Union Co,

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, 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. He died in November 1958.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Eger, Adolf 1878 births 1958 deaths Lawyers from Oslo University of Oslo alumni SK Fram members