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

orthopedic surgeon Orthopedic surgery or orthopedics (American and British English spelling differences, alternative spelling orthopaedics) is the branch of surgery concerned with conditions involving the musculoskeletal system. Orthopedic surgeons use both surgic ...

and

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. He participated in humanitarian work during the

Winter War The Winter War was a war between the Soviet Union and Finland. It began with a Soviet invasion of Finland on 30 November 1939, three months after the outbreak of World War II, and ended three and a half months later with the Moscow Peac ...

in Finland, during the 1940 Norwegian Campaign and during the

Korean War The Korean War (25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953) was an armed conflict on the Korean Peninsula fought between North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea; DPRK) and South Korea (Republic of Korea; ROK) and their allies. North Korea was s ...

, 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 Military Medicine (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 – 28 June 1998) was a Norwegian humanitarian leader and the founder of Fransiskushjelpen, a Catholic charitable organisation in Norway. She led the organisation from 1956 until 1993. She converted to Catho ...

, and they introduced the

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concept in Norway.

Biography

Born in

Oslo Oslo ( or ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Norway. It constitutes both a county and a municipality. The municipality of Oslo had a population of in 2022, while the city's greater urban area had a population of 1,064,235 in 2022 ...

, 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 was the director of Vestfold Hospital from 1918 to 1947, building and decisively shaping the inst ...

. 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 lieutenant colonel. 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 Fransiskushjelpen is a Catholic charitable organisation in Norway, founded in by Brita Collett Paus in 1956. Its administration headquarters are in Oslo, at St. Hallvard's Church and Monastery. The organisation, connected to the Franciscan or ...

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 Lieutenant-colonel

Honours

* Knight First Class of the

Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav The Royal Norwegian Order of Saint Olav (; or ''Sanct Olafs Orden'', the old Norwegian name) is a Norwegian order of chivalry instituted by King Oscar I on 21 August 1847. It is named after King Olav II, known to posterity as St. Olav. Just be ...

(1980) * Knight of the

Order of Charles XIII The Royal Order of Charles XIII () is a Swedish order (honour), order of merit, founded by King Charles XIII of Sweden, Charles XIII in 1811. Membership The Lord and Master of the Order is the Monarch, King of Sweden, currently King Carl XVI Gust ...

(Sweden) *

Order of Vasa The Royal Order of Vasa () is a Swedish order of chivalry founded on 29 May 1772 by Gustav III, King Gustav III. It is awarded to Swedish citizens for service to state and society especially in the fields of agriculture, mining and commerce. His ...

(Sweden, 1942) * Flag of the Red Cross

Decoration of honour of the

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with Sword (Finland) *

United Nations Korea Medal The United Nations Service Medal Korea (UNSMK) is an international military decoration established by the United Nations on December 12, 1950 as the United Nations Service Medal. The decoration was the first international award ever created by the ...

Bronze Star Medal The Bronze Star Medal (BSM) is a Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces, United States Armed Forces decoration awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces for either heroic achievement, heroic service, meritorious a ...

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

Other

*Honorary member of the

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*Honorary member of the

Icelandic Order of Freemasons The Icelandic Order of Freemasons () (abbr.: FaI), in English also known as the Grand Lodge of Iceland, is the governing body of regular Freemasonry in Iceland. The history of Freemasonry in Iceland began when a "society of brothers“, Edda, wa ...

Internasjonalt kontaktnett
. '' Bergens Arbeiderblad'' 1988-12-12 *Honorary member of the

Grand Landlodge of the Freemasons of Germany The Grand Landlodge of the Freemasons of Germany (''Große Landesloge der Freimaurer von Deutschland'', GLL FvD or GLL), also: Order of Freemasons (''Freimaurerorden'', FO) is a Masonic Grand Lodge in Germany. It is one of the founding members of ...

*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