Olav Paulssøn (1822–1896) was a Norwegian bailiff, writer and politician.

Career

He served as a deputy representative to the

Norwegian Parliament The Storting ( no, Stortinget ) (lit. the Great Thing) is the supreme legislature of Norway, established in 1814 by the Constitution of Norway. It is located in Oslo. The unicameral parliament has 169 members and is elected every four years base ...

in 1859, representing the constituency of

Nordre Bergenhus Amt Sogn og Fjordane (; English: "Sogn and Fjordane") was, up to 1 January 2020, a county in western Norway, when it was merged to become part of Vestland county. Bordering previous counties Møre og Romsdal, Oppland, Buskerud, and Hordaland, the co ...

. He lived in Jølster at the time, where he was bailiff from 1855 to 1860. In 1860 he was hired as CEO of

Fylkesbaatane Fjord1 Fylkesbaatane (formerly known as Fylkesbaatane i Sogn og Fjordane and Nordre Bergenhus Amts Dampskibe) is a Norwegian transport company. It is a subsidiary of the Fjord1 Nordvestlandske conglomerate and primarily runs ferry, passenger and ...

, and had to move to

Bergen Bergen (), historically Bjørgvin, is a city and municipality in Vestland county on the west coast of Norway. , its population is roughly 285,900. Bergen is the second-largest city in Norway. The municipality covers and is on the peninsula of ...

. Here, he was among the founders of Vestmannalaget in 1868. Led by

Henrik Krohn Henrik Krohn (10 May 1826 – 14 June 1879) was a Norwegian poet, magazine editor and proponent for Nynorsk language. He was born in Bergen. Among his works is the poetry collection ''Smaakvæde'' from 1867. He founded the Nynorsk organization ...

, Vestmannalaget was a

Landsmål Nynorsk () () is one of the two written standards of the Norwegian language, the other being Bokmål. From 12 May 1885, it became the state-sanctioned version of Ivar Aasen's standard Norwegian language ( no, Landsmål) parallel to the Dano-Nor ...

association for

Western Norway Western Norway ( nb, Vestlandet, Vest-Norge; nn, Vest-Noreg) is the region along the Atlantic coast of southern Norway. It consists of the counties Rogaland, Vestland, and Møre og Romsdal. The region has no official or political-administrativ ...

, and Paulssøn helped publish texts in this written form of the

Norwegian language Norwegian ( no, norsk, links=no ) is a North Germanic language spoken mainly in Norway, where it is an official language. Along with Swedish and Danish, Norwegian forms a dialect continuum of more or less mutually intelligible local and regio ...

. He was also a member of Bergen city council.

Personal life

He was married to Anna Kristine Christofa Hagerup (1824–1917), and was the father of writer

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 ...

and bookseller and publisher Ragnvald Paulson.

References

1822 births 1896 deaths Deputy members of the Storting Sogn og Fjordane politicians Politicians from Bergen Nynorsk 19th-century Norwegian writers 19th-century Norwegian male writers {{Norway-politician-1820s-stub