Paus
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Paus (alternate spellings: Pauss and de Paus) is one of the oldest and most distinguished families of Norway, and can be traced back to the late 15th century. Members of the family have been priests since the end of the Middle Ages, and the family claims descent from mediaeval Norwegian nobility. A Catholic member of the family was ennobled by the Pope and made a Roman Count.
Other members have been judges, officers, ambassadors, doctors, members of parliament, bankers, ship-owners, theologians and artists.
Famous family members include:
- Count Christopher de Paus, Chamberlain, art collector and socialite
- Nikolai Nissen Paus, surgeon and President of the Norwegian Red Cross
- Ole Otto Paus, General
- Ole Paus, singer
- Bernhard Paus, surgeon and Grand Master of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons
- Brita Collett Paus
- Christian Cornelius Paus, lawyer and member of parliament, uncle of Henrik Ibsen
- Thorleif Lintrup Paus, diplomat
- Lucie Paus Falck, Labour politician
Famous descendants of the Paus family include playwright Henrik Ibsen, whose maternal grandmother was a Paus and whose father also was raised by a member of the Paus family.
[edit] See also
- Paus is also the name of a Swedish band including Peter Svensson from The Cardigans and Joakim Berg from Kent.
- The word Paus means pope in Dutch.
