Johan Randulf Bull (29 April 1749 – 28 February 1829) 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 ...

judge. He was born in Stod, as the brother of Johan Lausen Bull. He took the jurist examination in

Copenhagen Copenhagen ( or .; da, København ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a proper population of around 815.000 in the last quarter of 2022; and some 1.370,000 in the urban area; and the wider Copenhagen metropolitan ar ...

in 1778, and was a member of ''Det Norske Selskab'' there. He played the role figure "Mads" at the premiere of

Johan Herman Wessel Johan Herman Wessel (6 October 1742 – 29 December 1785) was an 18th-century Danish-Norwegian poet, satirist and playwright. His written work was characterized by the use of parody and satiric wit. Biography Wessel was born and raised at Vest ...

's satirical play '' Kierlighed uden Strømper'' in 1772. From 1802 he was County Governor of ''Søndre Bergenhus Amt'' (today named Hordaland). He was instrumental in organising the defence of Bergen during the war with Great Britain in 1807. In 1814, at the advent of Norwegian national independence, he was appointed the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Norway. The court was operative from 1815. He left in 1827. He died two years later in Larvik. He was the father of Georg Jacob Bull, who followed in his father's footsteps as Chief Justice from 1836 to 1854. In 1817 Bull, together with minister Niels Treschow and Nicolay Erik Arbin (1743–1825) initiated a revival of The Norwegian Society in Christiania. Bull became Knight, Order of the Dannebrog (RDO) in 1811. He was Knight of the

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(RNO) from 1815, and received the Grand Cross (KmstkNO) in 1818.

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1749 births 1829 deaths County governors of Norway Chief justices of Norway University of Copenhagen alumni 18th-century Norwegian civil servants 19th-century Norwegian judges Commanders Grand Cross of the Order of the Polar Star Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog {{norway-law-bio-stub