Carsten Henrik Bruun Jr.

Carsten Henrik Bruun (7 November 1868 – 16 July 1951) was a Norwegian military officer, sport shooter and businessperson.

[1] He was born in Tønsberg[2] as the second son of ship-owner Carsten Henrik Carstensen Bruun (1828–1907) and Maren Sibylle Bull Foyn (1840–1918).

He was an older brother of Svend Foyn Bruun,[3] and as such an uncle of Svend Foyn Bruun Jr.[4] On the paternal side he was a great-grandnephew of founding father Henrik Carstensen,[5] and on the maternal side he was a grandson of Laurentius Føyn Jr, who was a brother of noted whaler Svend Foyn.

At the age of 43, he participated in the men's trap competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

[2] For his achievements, he was decorated as a Knight of the Royal Norwegian Order of St.