Brynjulf Friis Bull (17 October 1906 – 18 June 1993) was a

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lawyer, Supreme Court attorney, and

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Biography

Brynjulf Bull was born in

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(now Oslo), Norway. He was one of three sons born to Trygve Bull (1870–1958) and Sally Friis (1875–1963). Bull was the brother of historian

Trygve Bull Trygve Friis Bull (13 August 1905 – 16 March 1999) was a Norwegian lecturer and politician. He was a member of Mot Dag in the 1920s and 1930s, and contributed to the magazines ''Mot Dag'', ''Clarté'' and ''Kontakt''. During World War II he ...

. He was brought up at

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in the district of Alna in Østre Aker. Bull attended the Fru Nielsens Latinskole and took his

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in 1925 at

Oslo Cathedral School Schola Osloensis, known in Norwegian language, Norwegian as Oslo Katedralskole (''Oslo Cathedral School'') and more commonly as "Katta",

. He studied law and attended

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in 1926–1927. He graduated with a law degree in 1930. Bull established his own legal practice in partnership with Aake Ording in Oslo during 1933. During the

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, he was arrested from October 1942 to February 1944. After the liberation of Norway, he was a district attorney for cases of treason from 1945–1947. He became a Supreme Court advocate in 1950. Bull became a member of the Oslo City Council from 1946. He represented the

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for a number of years as Deputy Mayor and Mayor in Oslo in 1951–1955, 1960–1961, and 1964–1975. In 1966 he was a key figure in the resolution of the theater strike. Bull was the driving force behind, and the first chairman of the board in Oslo Konserthus. His long-term period of office in the Oslo City Council earned him the nickname "Sitting Bull". Oslo's Brynjulf Bulls plass, in the eastern part of City Hall Square of Oslo (), was named after him. In 1976, he received the Medal of St. Hallvard, the highest honor of the

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. In 1961, he was awarded the Petter Dass Medal () for his active efforts in the reconstruction of the Northern Norwegian Student Foundation ().

Personal life

In 1937, he married Ruth Bernhardina Øgrim (1911–2005), sister of physicist

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(1913–2006). Bull was the father of

Bernt Bull Bernt Bull (born 12 July 1946) is a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party. He is a son of Brynjulf Bull, another Labour Party politician. Bernt Bull holds the cand.jur. degree. He was a member of Oslo city council from 1980 to 1995, and led ...

, former Norwegian State Secretary in the Ministry of the Environment and currently Senior Adviser in the

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. He died in 1993 and was buried at

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in Oslo.

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