Military figure. Ole Otto Paus, officially named von Paus in Austria until 1919 and professionally known as Ole Paus, was a Norwegian Major-General and one of Norway's foremost military leaders during the Cold War.
He was born in Vienna to the Norwegian vice-consul Thorleif (von) Paus and Ella née Stein. His father had moved from Norway to Vienna in 1902 as the Swedish–Norwegian consular secretary, later becoming the Norwegian vice-consul and acting consul-general in Vienna. His mother was born in Vienna to a Jewish father and a Catholic mother and was raised as a Catholic. Ole Otto Paus was baptized in the Lutheran state church of Norway. He was named for his Norwegian paternal grandfather, steel industrialist Ole Paus (1846–1931), and his Austrian maternal uncle Otto Stein. In the family, he was known as Otto, although he used the name Ole in his professional and public life. After his parents divorced he and his sister Helvig remained in Vienna with their mother. Aged 19, he moved to Norway in 1929 to attend the Norwegian military academy. His mother and sister joined him in Norway in 1938.
He served in the Norwegian General Staff from 1938. During WWII, he was an aide-de-camp to the Norwegian commander-in-chief, General Otto Ruge, during the German invasion of Norway in 1940. He was later head of the army group in the military intelligence service of the exile Norwegian High Command in London. In the postwar era, he served as military attaché in Stockholm and Helsingfors during the 1950s and became a major-general in 1964. He was commander-in-chief in Central Norway from 1964 to 1971, the Norwegian representative in the NATO military command for Northern Europe, and the most senior Norwegian officer in NATO's command structure from 1971 to 1974.
He was born in Vienna to the Norwegian vice-consul Thorleif (von) Paus and Ella née Stein. His father had moved from Norway to Vienna in 1902 as the Swedish–Norwegian consular secretary, later becoming the Norwegian vice-consul and acting consul-general in Vienna. His mother was born in Vienna to a Jewish father and a Catholic mother and was raised as a Catholic. Ole Otto Paus was baptized in the Lutheran state church of Norway. He was named for his Norwegian paternal grandfather, steel industrialist Ole Paus (1846–1931), and his Austrian maternal uncle Otto Stein. In the family, he was known as Otto, although he used the name Ole in his professional and public life. After his parents divorced he and his sister Helvig remained in Vienna with their mother. Aged 19, he moved to Norway in 1929 to attend the Norwegian military academy. His mother and sister joined him in Norway in 1938.
He served in the Norwegian General Staff from 1938. During WWII, he was an aide-de-camp to the Norwegian commander-in-chief, General Otto Ruge, during the German invasion of Norway in 1940. He was later head of the army group in the military intelligence service of the exile Norwegian High Command in London. In the postwar era, he served as military attaché in Stockholm and Helsingfors during the 1950s and became a major-general in 1964. He was commander-in-chief in Central Norway from 1964 to 1971, the Norwegian representative in the NATO military command for Northern Europe, and the most senior Norwegian officer in NATO's command structure from 1971 to 1974.
Military figure. Ole Otto Paus, officially named von Paus in Austria until 1919 and professionally known as Ole Paus, was a Norwegian Major-General and one of Norway's foremost military leaders during the Cold War.
He was born in Vienna to the Norwegian vice-consul Thorleif (von) Paus and Ella née Stein. His father had moved from Norway to Vienna in 1902 as the Swedish–Norwegian consular secretary, later becoming the Norwegian vice-consul and acting consul-general in Vienna. His mother was born in Vienna to a Jewish father and a Catholic mother and was raised as a Catholic. Ole Otto Paus was baptized in the Lutheran state church of Norway. He was named for his Norwegian paternal grandfather, steel industrialist Ole Paus (1846–1931), and his Austrian maternal uncle Otto Stein. In the family, he was known as Otto, although he used the name Ole in his professional and public life. After his parents divorced he and his sister Helvig remained in Vienna with their mother. Aged 19, he moved to Norway in 1929 to attend the Norwegian military academy. His mother and sister joined him in Norway in 1938.
He served in the Norwegian General Staff from 1938. During WWII, he was an aide-de-camp to the Norwegian commander-in-chief, General Otto Ruge, during the German invasion of Norway in 1940. He was later head of the army group in the military intelligence service of the exile Norwegian High Command in London. In the postwar era, he served as military attaché in Stockholm and Helsingfors during the 1950s and became a major-general in 1964. He was commander-in-chief in Central Norway from 1964 to 1971, the Norwegian representative in the NATO military command for Northern Europe, and the most senior Norwegian officer in NATO's command structure from 1971 to 1974.
He was born in Vienna to the Norwegian vice-consul Thorleif (von) Paus and Ella née Stein. His father had moved from Norway to Vienna in 1902 as the Swedish–Norwegian consular secretary, later becoming the Norwegian vice-consul and acting consul-general in Vienna. His mother was born in Vienna to a Jewish father and a Catholic mother and was raised as a Catholic. Ole Otto Paus was baptized in the Lutheran state church of Norway. He was named for his Norwegian paternal grandfather, steel industrialist Ole Paus (1846–1931), and his Austrian maternal uncle Otto Stein. In the family, he was known as Otto, although he used the name Ole in his professional and public life. After his parents divorced he and his sister Helvig remained in Vienna with their mother. Aged 19, he moved to Norway in 1929 to attend the Norwegian military academy. His mother and sister joined him in Norway in 1938.
He served in the Norwegian General Staff from 1938. During WWII, he was an aide-de-camp to the Norwegian commander-in-chief, General Otto Ruge, during the German invasion of Norway in 1940. He was later head of the army group in the military intelligence service of the exile Norwegian High Command in London. In the postwar era, he served as military attaché in Stockholm and Helsingfors during the 1950s and became a major-general in 1964. He was commander-in-chief in Central Norway from 1964 to 1971, the Norwegian representative in the NATO military command for Northern Europe, and the most senior Norwegian officer in NATO's command structure from 1971 to 1974.
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