Einar Friele

Einar B. Friele (26 October 1901 – 19 February 1944) was a Norwegian businessperson and resistance member.

He was born in Bergen as a son of Berent Friele (1862–1902) and Dagny Stockfleth Høegh Beyer (1869–1963). He was a brother of Berent Johan Beyer Friele, grandson of Herman Friele and Fredrik Beyer, and first cousin of Harald Beyer. He was married twice, and had two children from his first marriage. Einar Friele joined the family company in 1925. He worked as a junior executive before the Second World War. He also chaired the wholesalers' association Kolonialgrossisternes forening in Bergen and was a national board member of Norges Colonialgrossisters Forbund.