Thorleif Paus

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The Kvesarum Castle in Skåne
The Magleås manor in Denmark
Father's “Villa Paus” on Bygdøy

Thorleif Paus (born October 8,  1881 in Christiania ; † June 9, 1976 ) (also: Thorleif de Paus or Thorleif von Paus ) ( pronunciation : [ tʊrlæɪf pæʉs ]) was a Norwegian officer, consul general in  Vienna , entrepreneur, factory owner in Norway and landowners in Skåne .

family

Thorleif Paus belonged to the Norwegian patrician family Paus and was the son of the steel wholesaler Ole Paus (1846-1931). His mother was a cousin of the industrial tycoon Halvor Schou . Thorleif Paus was the second cousin of Prime Minister Sigurd Ibsen ; his father was Henrik Ibsen's cousin .

He was married to Gabrielle ("Ella") Stein (born October 20, 1883 in Vienna, † November 3, 1971 in Oslo) in his first marriage. In his second marriage, he was married to Countess Ella Moltke (1899–1971), née Glückstadt, from 1935 onwards . She was the widow of the Danish Count Erik Moltke and daughter of the Danish wholesaler Valdemar Glückstadt and his wife Julie Emilie Rée, and belonged to one of the most prominent Jewish business dynasties in Denmark. Thorleif Paus was the father of General Ole Paus (1910-2003), grandfather of the musician Ole Paus and great-grandfather of the composer Marcus Paus in his first marriage .

Consul General and entrepreneur in Vienna, 1902–1918

He lived in Vienna from 1902 to 1918 , initially as a secretary at the Swedish-Norwegian consulate general and from 1906–1909 as a Norwegian commercial attaché in Austria-Hungary. From 1906 to 1918 he also worked as an independent agent and representative of major Norwegian companies such as Norsk Hydro in Vienna. From 1910 to 1917 he was also Norwegian Vice Consul and Acting Consul General; At that time Norway did not have an embassy in Vienna and the Consul General was the highest-ranking representative of the Kingdom of Norway with residence in Austria-Hungary.

In his role as Norwegian consul and the only Scandinavian, Paus was present at the Sarajevo attack . In Austria he was a. a. honored with the Order of the Iron Crown .

Entrepreneur in Norway, 1918–1935

In 1918 he returned to Norway and continued his business in Oslo, at Thorleif Paus A / S. He owned two factories in Ålesund .

Landowner in Skåne and Later Life, 1935–1976

From 1935 to 1964 he lived as a landowner in Skåne , Sweden , and from 1936 was the owner of the castle and estate Kvesarum. He also inherited the Magleås manor in Denmark in 1943 from his second cousin, Count Christopher Tostrup Paus . From 1948 to 1964 he was a landowner in Ejratal in Osby , also in Skåne. From 1964 he lived in Copenhagen .

During the Second World War he opened his doors to many Norwegian refugees at his castle in Sweden and a refugee camp was built on the site.

He was a member of the Norske Selskab from 1818 .

Honors

literature

  • "Pause, Thorleif" . In: Vem är Vem? : Skåne , 1948 p. 440
  • Alf Petersen (Ed.): "Paus, Thorleif". In: Den norske hærs vernepliktige officerer: 1864–1933 , Hanche, 1936, p. 447

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ordinance sheet of the KK Ministry of Justice , Vol. 24, 1908, pp. 8 and 12, and Vol. 33, 1917 pp. 46 and 47, KK Hof- und Staatsdruckerei
  2. ^ High-Life-Almanac: Address book of the Vienna Society and the Austrian Crown Lands , Vol. 9 p. 253, 1913
  3. ↑ Genealogical Handbook of Noble Houses, Volume 25; Volum 117, 1998, p. 365
  4. ↑ a b c " 90 år: Tidligere Konsul i Vienna, Thorleif Paus ", Aftenposten , October 8, 1971 p. 10
  5. ↑ a b c Palle Koster Jacobsen: " Han så Erkehertugen dø ... ", Fædrelandsvennen , December 14, 1968 p. 4
  6. ↑ Norske Selskab 1959–1960 , Selskabet, 1960, p. 32
  7. ↑ Alf Petersen (Ed.): "Paus, Thorleif". In: Den norske hærs vernepliktige officerer: 1864–1933 , Hanche, 1936, p. 447
  8. ↑ a b "Paus, Thorleif" . In: Vem är Vem? : Skåne , 1948 p. 440
personal data
SURNAME Pause, Thorleif
ALTERNATIVE NAMES De Paus, Thorleif (full name); Paus, Thorleif von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian officer, consul general in Vienna, entrepreneur, factory owner and landowner in Skåne
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1881
PLACE OF BIRTH Christiania
DATE OF DEATH June 9, 1976