He attended the Latin School in his native
Skien and studied in
Lübeck. He lived for several years in Germany and the United Kingdom, until he settled in Bygdøy, Aker.
He founded the
iron and
steel wholesale company
Ole Paus 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.[1] He was a member of the Board of Directors of
Den norske Creditbank, one of Norway's leading commercial banks, from 1897, and became the bank's Chairman in 1903.[2] 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 Morgenbladet, a member of the Council of Fifty (consisting of Oslo's 50 leading businessmen) and a member of the supervisory board of
Akers mekaniske Verksted.[3][4][5]
Family
He was the son of shipowner and banker
Christopher Blom Paus and Erasmine Ernst, a native of Denmark. His first cousin was playwright
Henrik Ibsen and his nephew was art collector and papal chamberlain, Count
Christopher Tostrup Paus. His grandparents were shipowner
Ole Paus 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 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[6]
Their son Thorleif Paus (1881–1976) was the representative of
Norsk Hydro in
Austria-Hungary and the Norwegian
Consul in
Vienna, later a factory owner in
Ålesund. He married Viennese Ella Stein, and was the father of General
Ole Otto Paus and grandfather of singer
Ole Paus
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 and Ambassador
Henrik Andreas Broch, respectively.
Their daughter Fanny Paus (1888-1971) married businessman Trygve
Andvord (1888-1958), a son of
Richard Andvord
References
^Hoemsnes, Ole N., Fra isenkram til Norsk stål : stålbransjen gjennom 175 år, 1998
^Ebbe Hertzberg, Den Norske Creditbank 1857-1907: et tilbageblik, W.C. Fabritius & sønner, a.s., 1907