Bernhard Cathrinus Paus (9 November 1910 – 9 February 1999) was a Norwegian

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and

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. He participated in humanitarian work during the

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in Finland, during the 1940 Norwegian Campaign and during the

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, when he served as chief surgeon of the Norwegian Mobile Army Surgical Hospital. He was also the chief physician of the

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(1951–1958) and President of the Norwegian Association for

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(1954–1955). He was senior

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and managing director of the Martina Hansen Hospital in

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(1964–1980). He was Grand Master of the

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from 1969 to 1990. He was married to the noted humanitarian

Brita Collett Paus Brita Lucie Collett Paus (3 July 1917 Salsbruket, Norway – 28 June 1998, Oslo, Norway) was a Norwegian humanitarian leader and the founder of Fransiskushjelpen, a Catholic charitable organisation in Norway. She led the organisation from 1956 u ...

, and they introduced the

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concept in Norway.

Biography

Bernhard Paus våpen som stormester for Frimurerordenen

Born in

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, he was a member of the Drammen branch of the

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family and the son of the surgeon and President of the

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Nikolai Nissen Paus Nikolai Nissen Paus (4 June 1877, in Christiania – 23 December 1956, in Tønsberg) was a Norwegian surgeon, hospital director and humanitarian. He served as President of the Norwegian Red Cross 1945–1947, and as Vice President 1930–1945 an ...

He finished medical school in 1936 and served as an officer during the

in Finland and the war in Norway in 1940. Later he served in the

, reaching the rank of

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. From 1951 to 1958 he served as chief physician of the Norwegian Armed Forces, and from 1964 to 1980 he was the director of the Martina Hansen Hospital in

. He was chairman of the Norwegian Association for Military Medicine (1954–55) and President of the Nordic Orthopaedic Federation (1974–76). His wife,

(née Collett), founded the

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charitable organization Fransiskushjelpen in Norway. She was the daughter of

Axel Collett Axel Collett (6 August 1880 in Kolvereid – 17 January 1968) was a Norwegian landowner, timber merchant and sawmill owner. He was a co-owner and actively involved in the management of Firma Albert Collett, a firm established by his father, ...

, a co-owner of the ''Firma Albert Collett'' company, one of the largest land-owners in Norway. They had six children, including politician Lucie Paus Falck, surgeon Albert Collett Paus and businessman and investor Nikolai Bent Paus. He died in

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. His brother, lawyer and businessman Vilhelm Christian Paus (born 1915), was married to his wife's sister, Anne Collett (born 1918).

Ranks and honours

Military ranks

* 1951–1953

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* 1953–1999

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Honours

* Knight First Class of the

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(1980) * Knight of the

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(Sweden) *

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(Sweden, 1942) * Flag of the Red Cross

Decoration of honour of the

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with Sword (Finland) *

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(United States) * Order of Diplomatic Service Merit of Korea

Other

*Honorary member of the

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*Honorary member of the

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1988-12-12 *Honorary member of the

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*Honorary member of the

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*Honorary member of the

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References

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Bernhard Bernhard is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name *Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar (1604–1639), Duke of Saxe-Weimar *Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (1901–1984), head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen 1946 ...

1910 births 1999 deaths 20th-century Norwegian physicians 20th-century surgeons