Bjørn Paulson
Athletics competitor and jurist
About Bjørn Paulson
Lived 1923 – 2008 (aged 84). Bjørn Paulson was a Norwegian athletics competitor, state's attorney and jurist.
Bjørn Andreas Paulson (21 June 1923 – 14 January 2008) was a Norwegian high jumper and jurist.
He was a grandson of Andreas Paulson. He was born in Bergen, but represented the club IL Skjalg. At the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London he finished second in the high jump final with a jump of 1.95 metres. He became Norwegian champion in 1948. His personal best jump was 1.96 metres, achieved at the Norwegian championships in August 1948 in Trondheim.
A cand.jur. by education, Paulson became a police superintendent in 1953. From 1967 to 1993 he worked as a public prosecutor. He died in 2008.
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Athletics competitor and jurist (1923–2008)
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Bjørn Paulson was born on 21 June 1923 in Bergen.
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Bjørn Paulson died on 14 January 2008 in Skien.
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Bjørn Paulson was an athletics competitor, state's attorney and jurist.
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Bjørn Paulson was Norwegian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Bjørn Paulson. https://biography.guide/bjorn-paulson/
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