Harald Juell

Who was Harald Juell?

Harald Juell was a Norwegian diplomat.

He was born in Arendal, the son of Christian Fredrik Iuell and Mathilde Fredrikke Augusta Hoyer. His brothers were prison director Niels Iuell and judge Torolf Juell. He attended Kristiania Commerce School from 1910 to 1912, was a secretary at the consulate in Algeria before studying in France from 1916 to 1918. He became a certified translator in French and English. He was hired in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and worked there the rest of the interwar period, except for the years 1929 to 1932 when he worked for French mining companies in Addis Abeba, Ethiopia.

In 1938 he became legation secretary in London, and in 1941 he became consul in Halifax, Nova Scotia. In 1941 he had briefly served as a program council member of the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation-in-exile. He released a book about the Nova Scotia experience in 1968, titled En havn på Østkysten. In their book review, newspaper Verdens Gang praised the effort of telling relevant stories from the war, but added that the tone and style was too dry and mundane. Juell had also released the book Etiopia. Tre år i keiser Haile Selassis rike in 1935, about his experiences in Ethiopia.