Richard August Riekeles, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Richard August Riekeles

Norwegian lawyer

Date of Birth: 13-Mar-1904

Date of Death: 18-Apr-1996

Profession: lawyer, prosecutor

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Richard August Riekeles

  • Richard August Riekeles (13 March 1904 – 18 April 1996) was a Norwegian barrister. He took the cand.jur.
  • degree in 1926.
  • After working as a deputy judge and junior solicitor he started his own law firm together with Finn Palmstrøm in 1930.
  • He later partnered with Ludolf Næss, and from 1976 to 1991 with Øivind Fegth Knutsen and Arne Os.
  • He was a barrister from 1936, with the right to work with Supreme Court cases.
  • He is best known for being the prosecutor in the Oslo City Court case in 1957 where Agnar Mykle was tried for his novel Sangen om den røde rubin.
  • He was also chairman of the insurance company Trygd, Norsk Forsikringsaktieselskap from 1944.
  • He died in April 1996.

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