Background
He was born in Sarpsborg as a son of landowner Mads Wiel Stang (1838–1909) og Anna Cathrine Diderikke Christine Breder (1848–1908).
He was born in Sarpsborg as a son of landowner Mads Wiel Stang (1838–1909) og Anna Cathrine Diderikke Christine Breder (1848–1908).
University of Oslo.
After finishing his secondary education in 1890, he graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the candidate.jur. degree in 1898. He took over large forest estates previously owned by the company. He first settled at the property Solbakken at Skøyen, later in rural Rømskog.
He also chaired Lillestrøm Dampsag og Høvleri from 1919 to 1931, Forsikringsselskapet Norden and the supervisory council of the Norwegian Forestry Society.
During the 1914 Jubilee Exhibition, he chaired the committee on forestry. He died in July 1955.
He was a board member of Saugbrugsforeningen from 1908, and chairman from 1925 to 1945. He was a board member of Ørje Bruk and Cathrineholm Jernverk.