Nikolai Nissen break
Nikolai Nissen Paus (born June 4, 1877 in Christiania ; † December 23, 1956 in Tønsberg ) was a Norwegian surgeon, director of Vestfold Hospital from 1918 to 1947 and president of the Norwegian Red Cross 1945–1947 (vice president 1930–1945). He was one of the leading Norwegian doctors of his time.
Life
Nikolai Nissen Paus belonged to the Paus family and was the son of the pedagogue Bernhard Cathrinus Pauss and Anna Henriette Wegner, and grandson of the industrialist Benjamin Wegner and his wife Henriette Seyler . He was the great-grandson of the Hamburg banker Ludwig Erdwin Seyler . His son Bernhard Paus was also a surgeon and grand master of the Norwegian Order of Freemasons .
He was also a Freemason and the third most senior official in the Norwegian Order of Freemasons.
Honors
- Medal of Honor 1st Class of the Belgian Red Cross (1938)
- Finnish Order of the Cross of Freedom with Swords (1941)
- Medal for Merit to Health Care (France) (1947)
- Cross of Merit of the Finnish Red Cross (1947)
- Knight 1st class of the Order of Saint Olav for "long and meritorious humanitarian work" (1948)
- Honorary member of the Norwegian Red Cross
- Medal of the Norwegian Order of Women
literature
- Nikolai Nissen break . In: Norsk biografisk leksikon , Volume 10, 1949, pp. 627-628
- Nikolai Nissen break . In: Øivind Larsen (ed.): Norges leger . Volume 4. 1996, pp. 383-384, urn : nbn: no-nb_digibok_2014052606011
Individual evidence
- ↑ Overlege, dr. med. Nikolai Paus død . In: Aftenposten , December 24, 1956, p. 3
- ↑ Tjøstolv Vittersø: St. Johs. lied St. Michael til det lysende kors, Tønsberg: 70 år . 1996
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paus, Nikolai Nissen |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian surgeon, hospital director and President of the Norwegian Red Cross |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1877 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Christiania |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 23, 1956 |
| Place of death | Tonsberg |