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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Autumn 1968
Magnus Theodore Paulson
Magnus Theodore Paulson
Magnus Theodore Paulson, an ac-
tive member of the real estate board
at Toronto, Ont., since 1955, last
spring was elected chairman of the
650-member Board of Trade Club of
Metropolitan Toronto by acclamation.
President of Magnus T. Paulson
Realty Limited, Mr. Paulson was born
and raised in Winnipeg and attended
the University of Manitoba from 1927
to 1931. He relocated in Eastern Can-
ada in 1936. After some years in the
investment business he entered the
real estate profession in Toronto and
became a member of the 15,000-mem-
ber Toronto Real Estate Board five
years later.
Mr. Paulson has been active in com-
munity life in Toronto and served for
several years on the executives of both
the Toronto Junior Board of Trade
and the Board of Trade Club. He is
past president of the Scandinavian
Canadian Club, past president of the
Downtown Optimist Club and past
president of the Icelandic Canadian
Club.
The Board of Trade Club of Tor-
onto is very active. General meetings
are held every Monday night from
October to April, addressed by men of
national stature. In addition there is
the variety of activities usually car-
ried out toy Boards of Trade in large
cities.
Mr. Paulson is musical and plays
the piano from the heart rather than
the music sheet. His grandfather,
Thordur P. Gudjohnsen, has often been
referred to as die father of music in
Iceland. An aunt, the late fru Ldra
Bjarnason (Mrs. J6n Bjamason) in-
herited the same musical talent, which
she devoted to the Icelandic commun-
ity in Winnipeg.
Mr. Paulson was credited with what
was termed his proudest achievement
in the real estate field, the conception,
promotion and sale of a huge area for
a satellite city, now called Bramalea.
Married, Mr. Paulson’s wife was the
former Lillian McLeod. They have
two sons and two daughters. His
hobbies range from golf to poetry and
music.
The Icelandic Canadian extends
congratulations to the energetic chair-
man of the Board of Trade Club of
Metropolitan Toronto.