Background
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.
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.
He finished his secondary education in 1898 and graduated from the Royal Frederick University with the candidate.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 was a vice consul for Sweden from 1914, and was promoted to consul in 1919.
He was also a bibliophile with over 10,000 items in his collection.
He died in 1949 and was buried in Møllendal.
He chaired Bergens Kreditbank and Den Nationale Scene, and was a board member of Tyssefaldene, Bergen Chamber of Commerce and Norges Hypotekforening for Næringslivet.