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Bjørn Andreas Paulson (21 June 1923 – 14 January 2008) was a Norwegian high jumper and jurist.
He was a grandson of Andreas Paulson. [1] He was born in Bergen, but represented the club IL Skjalg. [2] At the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London he finished second in the high jump final with a jump of 1.95 metres. [3] He became Norwegian champion in 1948. [4] His personal best jump was 1.96 metres, achieved at the Norwegian championships in August 1948 in Trondheim. [5]
A cand.jur. by education, Paulson became a police superintendent in 1953. From 1967 to 1993 he worked as a public prosecutor. [2] He died in 2008.