Anna Henriette "Jette" Pauss (2 April 1841, at

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in Aker (now

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) – 4 April 1918, in Christiania), née Anna Henriette Wegner, was a Norwegian teacher, editor and humanitarian and missionary leader. With her husband

Bernhard Pauss Bernhard Cathrinus Pauss (born 6 April 1839 at Tangen, Drammen, died 9 November 1907 in Christiania) was a Norwegian theologian, educator, author and humanitarian and missionary leader, who was a major figure in girls' education in Norway in his ...

, she was one of the early leaders of the Norwegian Santal Mission, a humanitarian and missionary organisation that was active among the

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. In 1907, she succeeded her husband as editor of the organisation's journal '' Santalen'' ("The Santal") and also became a member of its executive board, as the first woman elected to the national leadership of a Norwegian missionary organization. She was a teacher at the private Nissen's Girls' School, which was owned by her husband, and was the school's

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from 1885 to 1909. She was also a member of the board of directors of the School for Young Ladies in Christian Augusts Gade. Together with e.g.

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Erik Werenskiold Erik Theodor Werenskiold (11 February 1855 – 23 November 1938) was a Norwegian painter and illustrator. He is especially known for his drawings for the Asbjørnsen and Moe collection of ''Norske Folkeeventyr'', and his illustrations for t ...

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, Axel Johannessen,

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and

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, she was among the co-authors of the book '' Forældre og Børn'', edited by Aksel Arstal (1902). She was the youngest daughter of the industrialist and estate owner

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and Henriette Seyler, and was a granddaughter of the Hamburg banker L.E. Seyler and

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, for whom she was named. Her mother's family owned

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. Her great-grandfather was the Swiss theatre director

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. With her siblings, she was one of the heirs to the

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estate,

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and the timber firm Juel, Wegner & Co. She was a goddaughter of Countess

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, Prime Minister

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, President of the Parliament

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, banker Johannes Thomassen Heftye, Prime Minister

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, the King's aide-de-camp Hans Christian Rosen, Marie Schjøtt and Henriette Benedicte Løvenskiold. In 1864, she and her siblings sold Frognerseteren to her godbrother

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. In her youth, she was among the key participants in Hans Faye's 1859

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with

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and

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era costumes in

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, one of the highlights of Christiania high society in the 19th century. She had five children, among them the surgeon

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, the lawyer

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and the hydropower executive

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. She is interred at

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."Enkefru Henriette Pauss' begravelse," in ''

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'', 13 April 1918, p. 4

Ancestry

References

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