Ole Paus (General)
Ole Otto Paus (born June 26, 1910 in Vienna , † April 6, 2003 in Oslo ) ( pronunciation : [ ˈuːlɛ ˈpæʉs ]) (also: Ole de Paus or Ole von Paus ) was a Norwegian major general and NATO official. He was chief of the Trøndelag district command from 1964–1971, d. H. the Commander of the Armed Forces in Central Norway , and Land Deputy of the Allied Forces Northern Europe 1971–1974, d. H. one of the deputies of the NATO Commander-in-Chief for Northern Europe. Before that, he served in the military intelligence service, as chief of staff of the Norwegian Germany Brigade , and as a military attaché in Stockholm and Helsinki .
Life
Ole Paus belonged to the Norwegian patrician family Paus and was the son of the merchant, Norwegian consul general in Vienna and landowner Thorleif (de) Paus and his Jewish wife Gabrielle ("Ella") Stein, who came from Vienna. He grew up in Vienna and spoke German as his mother tongue. The family name was written as de Paus or von Paus during his childhood in Austria .
He attended the elite high school Theresianum and passed the Matura there in 1929 . He then moved to Norway (he didn't speak Norwegian at the time) and attended the Norwegian Military Academy in Krigsskolen , where he was trained as an officer in 1932. He later attended the Military College of Norway (1938), the Senior Officers' School of Great Britain (1947) and the NATO Defense College in Paris (1963). During the Second World War he worked as head of the Army Department in the Norwegian military intelligence service in London .
He is the father of the musician Ole Paus and the grandfather of the composer Marcus Paus . His father was married to Countess Ella Moltke (1899–1971), née Glückstadt, a member of one of the most prominent Jewish business dynasties in Denmark.
Promotions
- 1932: First Lieutenant ( løytnant )
- 1943 Captain ( kaptein )
- 1946: Major
- 1951: Lieutenant Colonel ( Oberstløytnant )
- 1956: Colonel
- 1964: Major General
Honors
- Commander of the Order of the Sword
- Commander of the Saint Olav Order (1973)
Individual evidence
- ↑ runeberg.org (Norwegian); Retrieved February 19, 2014
- ↑ Einar Solvoll (June 26, 2000): "90 langt militærliv, uten kruttrøyk". In: Aftenposten , p. 20.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pause, Ole |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pause, Ole Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Norwegian major general and NATO official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 6, 2003 |
| Place of death | Oslo |