Break (family)

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Today's family coat of arms .
The "Villa Paus" on Bygdøy
Christopher Tostrup Paus , papal chamberlain, count, landowner and philanthropist

Paus (also Pauss and de Paus ) ( pronunciation : [ pæʉs ]) is a family belonging to the East Norwegian patriciate , whose members live mainly in Norway and Sweden .

The patrilineal progenitor of the family was Hans Olufsson (died 1570). As a canon in St. Mary's Church in Oslo , d. H. the royal clergy had, according to a 1300 Hans issued privileges letter Haakon V. the rank of knight . Since the 1600s the family belonged to the regional leadership, the "civil servant aristocracy", in Øvre Telemark , as priests, judges and civil servants. Other members of the family were wholesalers, shipowners and landowners since the 1800s.

Henrik Ibsen was a descendant of the family through his maternal grandmother Hedevig Paus and his paternal step-grandfather, the shipowner Ole Paus.

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Finne-Grønn, SH : Slekten Paus: dens oprindelse og 4 første generasjoner 1943, Oslo. Cammermeyer.
  2. Gave og stadfestingsbrev from Kong Håkon Magnusson to Mariakirken i Oslo
  3. Large Norwegian lexicon : Paus - Hans Olufsen Paus' slekt  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / snl.no