Haakon Ameln, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Haakon Ameln

Norwegian businessman

Date of Birth: 16-Nov-1881

Date of Death: 02-Jun-1949

Profession: businessperson

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Haakon Ameln

  • Haakon Ameln (16 November 1881 – 2 June 1949) was a Norwegian businessperson. He was born in Bergen as a son of consul Lauritz Paul Theodor Ameln (1847–1925) and Olivia Dorothea Wilander (1849–1912), and a brother of Henrik Ameln.
  • In 1929 he married In 1907 he married Aagot Døscher.He finished his secondary education in 1898 and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the cand.jur.
  • degree in 1904.
  • He then studied abroad for one year.
  • He was the chief executive of the insurance company Norske Alliance from 1922, retiring on 31 December 1938.He chaired Bergens Kreditbank and Den Nationale Scene, and was a board member of Tyssefaldene, Bergen Chamber of Commerce and Norges Hypotekforening for Næringslivet.
  • He was a vice consul for Sweden from 1914, and was promoted to consul in 1919.
  • He was decorated as a Knight of the Order of the Polar Star and a Knight, First Class of the Order of Vasa.He was also a bibliophile with over 10,000 items in his collection.
  • He died in 1949 and was buried in Møllendal.

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