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Paus
The Paus family (), also styled ''de Paus'', is a Norwegian family that emerged as a priestly family from Medieval Oslo in the 16th century. For centuries, it belonged to the " aristocracy of officials," especially in the clergy and legal professions in Upper Telemark. Later generations entered shipping, steel, and banking, becoming steel magnates in Oslo. The family's best-known members are Henrik Ibsen and Ole Paus. The name is recorded in Oslo from the 14th century and likely derives from a metaphorical use of the Middle Low German word for pope—perhaps meaning "the pious one"—reflecting foreign influence and name satire in medieval Oslo. The priest brothers Hans (1587–1648) and Peder Povelsson Paus (1590–1653) from Oslo have long been known as the family's earliest certain ancestors. In ''Slekten Paus'', Finne-Grønn identified their grandfather as Hans Olufsson (d. 1570), a canon at St Mary's Church who held noble rank and served as a royal priest both before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paus Arms (simplified)
The Paus family (), also styled ''de Paus'', is a Norway, Norwegian family that emerged as a clergy#Lutheranism, priestly family from Medieval Oslo in the 16th century. For centuries, it belonged to the "aristocracy of officials," especially in the clergy and legal professions in Upper Telemark. Later generations entered Ship-owner, shipping, steel, and banking, becoming steel magnates in Oslo. The family's best-known members are Henrik Ibsen and Ole Paus. The name is recorded in Oslo from the 14th century and likely derives from a metaphorical use of the Middle Low German word for pope—perhaps meaning "the Piety, pious one"—reflecting foreign influence and name satire in medieval Oslo. The priest brothers Hans Povelsson Paus the Elder, Hans (1587–1648) and Peder Povelsson Paus (1590–1653) from Oslo have long been known as the family's earliest certain ancestors. In ''Slekten Paus'', S.H. Finne-Grønn, Finne-Grønn identified their grandfather as Hans Olufsson (d. 1570), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Ibsen
Henrik Johan Ibsen (; ; 20 March 1828 – 23 May 1906) was a Norwegian playwright, poet and actor. Ibsen is considered the world's pre-eminent dramatist of the 19th century and is often referred to as "the father of modern drama." He pioneered theatrical realism, but also wrote lyrical epic works. His major works include ''Brand'', ''Peer Gynt'', '' Emperor and Galilean'', '' A Doll's House'', '' Ghosts'', '' An Enemy of the People'', '' The Wild Duck'', '' Rosmersholm'', '' Hedda Gabler'', '' The Master Builder'', and '' When We Dead Awaken''. Ibsen is the most frequently performed dramatist in the world after Shakespeare, and ''A Doll's House'' was the world's most performed play in 2006. Ibsen was born into the merchant elite of the port town of Skien, and had strong family ties to the families who had held power and wealth in Telemark since the mid-1500s. Both his parents belonged socially or biologically to the Paus family of Rising and Altenburggården—the extende ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ole Paus
Ole Paus (1947–2023) was a Norwegian singer-songwriter and poet, widely regarded as one of the most innovative Norwegian musical figures of the 20th century and "Norway's most significant troubadour at the time of his death." Emerging during the Norwegian ballad revival (), Paus was instrumental in defining the genre's direction. Over a career spanning five decades, he released around 40 albums, authored novels, poetry collections, and travelogues. His works spanned from protest songs and satirical ballads to deeply reflective hymns and love songs. He was seen as not merely a musician but a cultural provocateur, using song as a vehicle for political and philosophical exploration. Paus was known for his distinctive individualism, social criticism, and rebellious stance, standing "fearlessly up for the weakest against the powers that be." Often called Norway's "national troubadour," his song " Mitt lille land" became a unifying anthem after the 2011 Norway attacks. Born in Oslo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christopher De Paus
Count Christopher de Paus (10 September 1862 – 10 September 1943) was a Norway, Norwegian-born aristocrat, papal courtier and philanthropist. A member of the Paus family—the name means pope—he was heir to the Norwegian timber firm Tostrup & Mathiesen and inherited a fortune from his grandfather, timber magnate Christopher Henrik Holfeldt Tostrup, Christopher Tostrup. From the 1870s, he spent much of his life in Rome, where he converted to Catholicism. He was appointed as a papal chamberlain by Pope Benedict XV in 1921 and conferred the title of count by Pope Pius XI in 1923. He was a prominent benefactor of museums and the Catholic Church. He donated the Paus collection of classical sculpture that now forms part of the National Museum of Norway. Paus was considered "the founder of the National Gallery's antiquities collection" by Harry Fett. Christopher Paus, a close relative of playwright Henrik Ibsen, was the only member of Ibsen’s family who visited him during his decad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ole Paus (shipowner)
Ole Paus (23 March 1766 – 26 July 1855) was a Norwegian ship's captain, shipowner and land owner, who belonged to the patriciate of the port town of Skien from the late 18th century. He is noted as the stepfather of Knud Ibsen (1797–1877) as well as being the uncle of Marichen Altenburg (1799–1869) the parents of noted playwright Henrik Ibsen (1828–1906). Biography Ole Paus was born at Bjåland in Lårdal, the son of the forest inspector Cornelius Paus and a member of the Paus family. In his youth, he had moved to Skien where he was raised by relatives before went to sea as a 12-year-old and became a skipper. He was married to Johanne Plesner 1770–1847) who had previously been married to ship's captain Henrich Ibsen (1765–1797). Through his marriage, Paus became the brother-in-law of shipowner Nicolay Plesner (1774–1842) and of Diderik von Cappelen, one of Norway's wealthiest men. Cappelen was married to his wife's sister Maria Plesner (1768–1800) in his fir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wegner Paus
George Wegner Paus (14 October 1882 – 22 December 1923), often known as ''George Paus'', was a Norwegian lawyer, mountaineer, skiing pioneer, sailor, rower, poet, diplomat and business executive. He practiced for a short period as a lawyer in Christiania in 1905 before serving for two years as a consular secretary and deputy head at the new Norwegian consulate in Chicago, being one of the first members of Norway's newly established foreign service. In 1907, he returned to Norway and became one of the first two employees and the first lawyer of the Norwegian Employers' Confederation, where he became director in 1918. He played an important role in labour issues in Norway and in the development of Norwegian labour law from the early 20th century, and participated in the establishment of the International Labour Organization in Washington, D.C., in 1919 as a representative of the Norwegian government. He also served on several governmental committees. He was a member of the Norwegia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henrik Johan Paus
Henrik Johan Paus (3 October 1799 – 21 July 1893) was a Norwegian lawyer, government official and the uncle of playwright Henrik Ibsen. He was acting bailiff of Lower Telemark and Bamble in 1818, a civil servant with the Ministry of Finance 1819–1823, deputy governor of Hedemarken 1823–1826, sheriff of Hof 1826–1830, attorney-at-law and acting judge in Hedemarken 1830–1843, bailiff of Østerdalen 1843–1858 and bailiff of Øvre Romerike 1858–1860. Early life Henrik Johan Paus, usually known as Henrik, was born in Skien as the son of captain Ole Paus and Johanne Plesner. He was named for his mother's deceased first husband Henrich Johan Ibsen, and shared his name with his nephew, the playwright. He was both the half-brother of Knud Ibsen and the first cousin of Marichen Altenburg, Henrik Ibsen's parents, and from the age of five he grew up in Altenburggården with his cousin. During his childhood he was also close to his half-brother. Career He received private ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peder Povelsson Paus
Sir Peder Povelsson Paus (1590 in Oslo – 21 July 1653, in Kviteseid), also rendered as Peter Paus and known locally as Sir Per (), was a Norwegian high-ranking cleric who served as the provost of Upper Telemark from 1633 until his death. As provost he was not only the religious leader of the vast region of Upper Telemark, but also one of the foremost government officials in Telemark; during his lifetime the state church was also an important part of the state administration. He is known through a loving poem in Latin written by his son Paul Peterson Paus in his memory in 1653, ''In memoriam Domini Petri Pavli'' ("In Memory of Sir Peter Paulson"). His descendants include the playwright Henrik Ibsen and the singer Ole Paus. Life and work He grew up in Oslo together with his brother, fellow priest Sir Hans Paus (b. 1587); the brothers have long been known as the earliest certain ancestors of the family Paus. The fact that both brothers received the best and most costly educ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Paus
Sir Hans Povelsson Paus (born 1656 in Hjartdal – 18 March 1715) was a Norwegian priest and poet. He was parish priest in Kviteseid from 1683 until his death. A popular man in his parish who learned the local dialect (at a time when most church officials and civil servants used Danish as a working language), he is noted for being the first to write poetry in dialect in Norway. His poem ''Stolt Anne'' (''ca.'' 1700), written in the Kviteseid dialect, became a popular folk song in Telemark. 12 verses were included in '' Norske Folkeviser'' (1853) by Magnus Brostrup Landstad and Henrik Ibsen, a relative of Hans Paus, paraphrased the poem in the drama '' Lady Inger of Ostrat''. The poem honored Anne Clausdatter, the owner of Borgestad Manor and a relative of Paus. She rewarded him with an agricultural property ( Bukkøy) for it. He owned several agricultural properties in Kviteseid. Hans Paus was the son of Povel Pedersson Paus (1625–1682), parish priest in Hjartdal, and Ing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hans Povelsson Paus The Elder
Sir Hans Povelsson Paus the Elder (1587 – 1648) was a Norwegian priest. Early life and education He grew up in Oslo together with his brother, fellow priest Peder Povelsson Paus (b. 1590); the brothers have long been known as the earliest certain ancestors of the Paus family. The fact that both brothers received the best and most costly education available in Denmark-Norway and their apparent social connections to powerful men in Oslo/Eastern Norway show that they clearly belonged to the elite of 16th century Oslo. According to S. H. Finne-Grønn, the brothers were almost certainly the sons of burgher of Oslo Povel Hansson (born ''ca.'' 1545–50), a son of canon at St Mary's Church Hans Olufsson (died 1570), who held personal noble rank. He became a student at the University of Copenhagen around 1607–08 under the name Johannes Paulli usAsloensis. Returning as a tutor at the Oslo Cathedral School, he was chosen as the first singer by Bishop Niels Claussøn Senning on 11 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helvig Paus (painting)
''Helvig Paus'' is a 1915 oil on canvas painting by Eilif Peterssen, one of Norway's foremost portrait painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. It has been described as one of his "most charming portraits of children." The painting was made in Vienna in 1915. History and provenance Its subject, Helvig Paus (1909–1976), until 1919 officially Helvig von Paus, was seven years old when she sat for the portrait, which was made when Eilif Peterssen visited Vienna in 1915. Helvig Paus was the daughter of the Norwegian consul-general in Vienna Thorleif Paus and Ella Stein, who was of Austrian-Jewish descent. Her father had moved to Vienna from Norway in 1902 and had become the only diplomatic representative of Norway in Austria-Hungary when Norway declared independence in 1905, despite only being a 23-year old consular secretary at the time. Helvig's maternal family converted from Judaism to Catholicism in the late 19th century. She was herself raised in the Lutheran state Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christian Cornelius Paus
Christian Cornelius Paus (18 October 1800 – 8 April 1879) was a Norwegian lawyer, civil servant and politician. From 1847 to 1874 he served as the top civil servant of Skien as city judge, magistrate, chief of police and city recorder. He also served three times as Governor of Bratsberg (now Telemark county) between 1862 and 1869 and three terms as a Member of the Norwegian Parliament between 1848 and 1861. He was the uncle of playwright Henrik Ibsen and the inspiration for the character of Peter Stockmann in the play ''An Enemy of the People''. Background He was born at Skien in Bratsberg county, Norway, a member of the Paus family. He was the son of ship-owner Ole Paus and Johanne Plesner (in her first marriage married Ibsen), and was the uncle of playwright Henrik Ibsen. He was both the half-brother of Henrik Ibsen's father, Knud Ibsen, and the first cousin of Henrik Ibsen's mother, Marichen Altenburg. Career Career in the civil service Paus obtained the cand. jur. degree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
