Theodor Bull (1870 – 1958) was a Norwegian businessperson and genealogist. He was born in

Kristiania Oslo ( , , or ; sma, Oslove) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of ...

as a son of medical doctor

Edvard Isak Hambro Bull Edvard Isak Hambro Bull (30 June 1845 – 5 June 1925) was a Norwegian physician. Personal life He was born in Bergen, Norway to physician Johan Randulf Bull (1815–94) and Theodora Josephine Marie Hambro (1818–49). In 1869, he married Gi ...

(1845–1925). He was a brother of theatre director

Johan Peter Bull Johan Peter Bull (3 August 1883 – 16 September 1960) was a Norwegian theatre worker. He was appointed at the National Theatre of Norway from 1909 to 1950 in various administrative positions, including secretary and stage director. He was the ...

, historian and politician Edvard Bull and literary professor

Francis Bull Francis Bull (4 October 1887–4 July 1974) was a Norwegian literary historian, professor at the University of Oslo for more than thirty years, essayist and speaker, and magazine editor. Early and personal life Bull was born in Kristiania, so ...

. Through Edvard Bull he was the uncle of historian Edvard Bull. He was also a nephew of military officer

Karl Sigwald Johannes Bull Karl Sigwald Johannes Bull (30 June 1860 – 27 December 1936) was a Norwegian military officer and politician for the Conservative Party. He is best known as the Norwegian Minister of Defence from 1910 to 1912. Personal life He was born in Krist ...

, grandnephew of

Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull Anders Sandøe Ørsted Bull (13 September 1817 – 15 April 1907) was a Norwegian civil servant and government minister. He served as acting Minister of the Army in 1875 (twice), 1881 and 1884. He also served as mayor of Oslo in 1877 and 1878. Ba ...

, great-grandson of

Georg Jacob Bull Georg Jacob Bull (born 1 August 1785 in Christiania, died 12 December 1854) was a Norwegian jurist and politician. He was a stipendiary magistrate (''byfogd'') of Bergen from 1810 to 1821. While stationed here, he was elected to the Norwegian Par ...

and great-great-grandson of Chief Justice

Johan Randulf Bull Johan Randulf Bull (29 April 1749 – 28 February 1829) was a Norwegian judge. He was born in Stod, as the brother of Johan Lausen Bull. He took the jurist examination in Copenhagen in 1778, and was a member of ''Det Norske Selskab'' there. ...

. In his professional career he worked as a wholesaler. He also published several genealogical works, and was the chairman of the

Norwegian Genealogical Society Norwegian Genealogical Society ( no, Norsk Slektshistorisk Forening, NSF) is a genealogical society in Oslo, Norway. It was founded on 22 October 1926 as the first exclusively Norwegian genealogical society. Among the founders were Stian Herlofsen ...

from 1943 to 1952. In 1952 he was created an honorary member.

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1870 births 1958 deaths Writers from Oslo Norwegian businesspeople Norwegian genealogists {{Norway-academic-bio-stub