Carl E. Paulsen

Carl Edvard Alfonso Paulsen (July 31, 1896 – November 11, 1973) was a Norwegian sculptor.

Education Paulsen received his education as a sculptor at the Norwegian National Academy of Craft and Art Industry and with the Danish sculptor Rudolph Tegner in Copenhagen. He also made a number of study trips, including to Belgium, England, France, Italy, and the Netherlands, which influenced his work.

Paulsen was honored with the King's Medal of Merit in 1969.

Works Tønsberg There are 13 works by Paulsen in Tønsberg: Memorial to the merchant Carl Stoltenberg in Stoltenberg Park (Stoltenberg-parken), 1926 Roald Amundsen-monumentet (Roald Amundsen Monument), 1933 Bust of the shipping magnate Wilhelm Wilhelmsen at the Gunnarsbø mansion, 1940 Vækteren (The Watchman) in front of the former Vinmonopolet outlet on Main Street (Storgaten), 1950 Bust of Prime Minister Abraham Berge on Seafront Promenade (Strandpromenaden), 1951 Bust of Major Carsten Bruun on Priest Street (Prestegaten), 1956 Bust of the shipowner Halfdan Wilhelmsen across from the Roald Amundsen Monument, 1961 Førstereisgutten (The Boy's First Journey At Sea) at the Channel Bridge (Kanalbroen), 1963 Pingvinene (The Penguins) on Walking Street (Gågaten), 1967 Monument to the painter Mathias Stoltenberg in Stoltenberg Park, 1971 Bust of King Haakon VII at the county museum, 1972 Bust of the sea captain Christian Nielsen Stranger at the Haugar farm, undated

Nøtterøy Bust of the captain and tanker ship inventor Even Tollefsen in the Teie neighborhood on Nøtterøy, 1941 War memorial in the park by Nøtterøy Church Relief in the Nøtterøy Church porch

Horten Oscar Wisting monument, 1938 Leif Welding-Olsen, statue, bronze, 1950 Fountain (figures) in bronze and granite in the square in Horten, 1954

Other locations Cort Adeler monument in Brevik, 1922 Bust of Lorens Berg at Kodal Church, 1928 Roald Amundsen monument at Prostneset in Tromsø, 1936 Statue of Otto Sverdrup in Steinkjer, 1957 Bust of King Haakon VII at Gamlehaugen in Bergen King's bust in King Haakon's Church in Copenhagen Relief av King Olav V the Norwegian Seamen's Church in Gothenburg Monument to Captain Magnus Andersen in Lincoln Park, Chicago Bust of the administrative officer Anders Arnoldsøn Rørholt outside the power station at Hvittingfoss