Ole Paus (24 October 1846 in

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– 20 March 1931 at

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, Aker) was a Norwegian

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and

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industrialist and chairman of the commercial bank

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(now

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). He was a first cousin of

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 ...

Career

He attended the Latin School in his native

and studied in

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. He lived for several years in Germany and the United Kingdom, until he settled in Bygdøy, Aker. He founded the

and

wholesale company

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 t ...

in 1872 and the factory A/S Den norske Hesteskosømfabrik in 1883. He was chairman of the Norwegian Iron Industry Association from 1910 to 1918. He was a member of the Board of Directors of

, one of Norway's leading commercial banks, from 1897, and became the bank's Chairman in 1903. He was also elected as a member of the Christiania city council, was a board member of Christiania Handelsstands Forening, chairman of the supervisory board of the leading conservative newspaper ''

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'', a member of the Council of Fifty (consisting of Oslo's 50 leading businessmen) and a member of the supervisory board of

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Family

He was the son of shipowner and banker

Christopher Blom Paus Christopher Blom Paus (8 October 1810 – 28 October 1898) was a Norwegian shipowner, merchant and banker. Biography Paus was born at the estate Rising Nordre in Gjerpen, Norway. Born into the patriciate of the port town of Skien, he was the ...

and Erasmine Ernst, a native of Denmark. His first cousin was playwright

and his nephew was art collector and papal chamberlain, Count Christopher Tostrup Paus. His grandparents were shipowner

and Johanne Plesner (formerly married Ibsen). Ole Paus was married to Birgitte Halvordine Schou (1848–1923, a niece of Christian Julius Schou). They had several children *Their daughter Martha Marie Paus (born 1876) was married to Otto von Munthe af Morgenstierne. *Their son Christopher Blom Paus (1878-1959) was a businessman, owner of the company Ole Paus, and married Margit Keyser. He was the father of **Lawyer and businessman Per Christian Cornelius Paus (1910–86), who married Hedevig Wedel-Jarlsberg (born 1913), a daughter of Lord Chamberlain, Count Peder Anker Wedel-Jarlsberg. Per and Hedevig were the parents of Cornelia Paus, businessman Christopher Paus and businessman Peder Nicolas Paus. Christopher Paus married Cecilie Wilhelmsen, and was the father of fashion designer Pontine Paus and Olympia Paus, who is married to British Businessman Alexander Nix. **Else Birgitte Paus, who married Danish lawyer and papal chamberlain Gunnar Garth-Grüner (born 1903 at Lille Svenstrup), a son of land owner and '' Hofjægermester'' Gustav G. G. Garth-Grüner *Their son Thorleif Paus (1881–1976) was the representative of

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and the Norwegian

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, later a factory owner in

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. He married Viennese Ella Stein, and was the father of General Ole Otto Paus and grandfather of singer

*Their daughter Else Margrethe Paus (born 1885) married businessman and distant relative Nicolay Nissen Paus (a co-owner of the Paus & Paus industrial company), and they were the parents of Lucie Paus and Fanny Paus, who married land owner

Axel Løvenskiold Carl Axel Løvenskiold (13 January 1912 – 28 September 1980) was a Norwegian landowner and painter. Personal life He was born in Ullern as a son of landowner Carl Løvenskiold (1874–1949) and Elise Bruun (1879–1950). He was a grandson of Lor ...

and Ambassador Henrik Andreas Broch, respectively. *Their daughter Fanny Paus (1888-1971) married businessman Trygve Andvord (1888-1958), a son of Richard Andvord

References

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1846 births 1931 deaths People from Skien