Bjørn Paulson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bjørn Paulson

Athletics competitor and jurist

Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1923

Place of Birth: Bergen, Hordaland, Norway

Date of Death: 14-Jan-2008

Profession: jurist, athletics competitor, public ministry

Nationality: Norway

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Bjørn Andreas Paulson (21 June 1923 – 14 January 2008) was a Norwegian high jumper and jurist. He was a grandson of Andreas Paulson.
He was born in Bergen, but represented the club IL Skjalg.
At the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London 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 Trondheim.A cand.jur.
by education, Paulson became a police superintendent in 1953.
From 1967 to 1993 he worked as a public prosecutor.
He died in 2008.