Georg Scheel (born 15 April 1950) is a Norwegian barrister. He is a great-grandson of

Herman Scheel Herman Carsten Johannes Scheel (18 January 1859 – 29 September 1956) was a Norwegian judge and politician for the Conservative Party. He was born at Hamar in Hedmark, Norway. He was the elder brother of the portrait painter Signe Scheel (1860� ...

. He

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his secondary education at Ullern in 1969, and graduated from the

University of Oslo The University of Oslo ( no, Universitetet i Oslo; la, Universitas Osloensis) is a public research university located in Oslo, Norway. It is the highest ranked and oldest university in Norway. It is consistently ranked among the top universit ...

with the

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degree in 1974, and gained access to work with

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cases in 1977. He was a fellow of

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at the University of Oslo from 1973 to 1975, and was awarded with a

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gold medal for co-writing the book ''Borerigger i rettslig belysning''. He worked in the

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from 1975 to 1980 before being hired as a lawyer for the

Nordisk Defence Club The Nordisk Defence Club ( no, Nordisk Skibsrederforening) is the world’s largest independent FD&D club, and is operating worldwide. It was established in Copenhagen in 1889 and moved to Oslo in 1891. The invitation to Nordisk's founding meetin ...

. He was promoted to deputy director in 1986 and chief executive director of Nordisk Defence Club in 2000. He is married and has two children, and resides at Nesøya.

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