Bjørn Andreas Paulson (21 June 1923 – 14 January 2008) was a

Norwegian Norwegian, Norwayan, or Norsk may refer to: *Something of, from, or related to Norway, a country in northwestern Europe *Norwegians, both a nation and an ethnic group native to Norway *Demographics of Norway *The Norwegian language, including the ...

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er and jurist. He was a grandson of

Andreas Paulson Andreas Paulson (16 February 1861 – 1 March 1953) was a Norwegian bank accountant, and also a literary and theatre critic. He was born in Bergen as the son of politician Olav Paulssøn (1822–1896) and Anna Kristine Christofa Hagerup (1824–1 ...

. He was born in

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, but represented the club IL Skjalg. At the

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held in

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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

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. A

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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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1923 births 2008 deaths Norwegian male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of Norway Norwegian jurists Sportspeople from Bergen Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Norway Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) {{Norway-athletics-bio-stub