Bernhard Ingel

Ingel was born in Kaitsemõisa, Estonia,^[1][2] the son of Karl Ingel (1869–1934)^[3] and Anna Sophie Ingel (née Laane, 1869–?). He studied at the Faculty of Law of the University of Tartu from 1923 to 1934,^[2][4][5] and he was an alumnus of the Estonian Students' Society.

Ingel participated in the Estonian War of Independence,^[2] worked in the editorial office of Postimees, and later was the editor of Wõru Teataja.^[2][5] In 1935, he started working as an assistant to the attorney Jaan Tõnisson in Tallinn.^[2][6] He was a member of the National Center Party.^[2]

In 1944, he fled to Sweden,^[2] where he was the first editor of the newspaper Teataja until 1953, and later a goldsmith.^[2][5]