Herman Paus
Herman Christopher Paus( 4 May 1897 – 11 March 1983) was a Norwegian competitive skiier, who was among the pioneers of Nordic combined and ski jumping in the 1910s and 1920s.
He later moved to Sweden where he bought the major estate Herresta near Stockholm from a relative.
A relative of playwright Henrik Ibsen, Herman Paus was married to Leo Tolstoy's granddaughter Tatiana Tolstoy- Paus; as such he was the son -in- law of Count Lev Lvovich Tolstoy.
Christopher Lintrup Paus
Christopher" Kiff" Lintrup Paus CBE( 6 November 1881 in Chorlton- on- Medlock – 28 May 1963 in Grantown- on- Spey) was a British diplomat, who served at the British Embassy in Oslo for several decades, as commercial counsellor and as the British consul in Oslo and head of the British consular service in Norway.
He wrote several published reports on industrial and economic affairs in Norway.
He attended Jesus College, Oxford( 1900 – 1904), where he graduated with a master's degree.
He became commercial attaché at the British Embassy in Oslo in December 1914, in succession to Sir Francis Oppenheimer, was promoted to commercial secretary for Norway in May 1919 and served as the British consul in Oslo from 1926 to 1931.
In 1939 he was promoted to the personal rank of counsellor of embassy.
He retired from His Majesty's Diplomatic Service on 27 April 1941.
A member of the Norwegian Paus family, he was a son of the Norwegian- born businessman Christopher Paus( 1843 – 1919) of Manchester and an English mother, Ellen née Lord( 1847 – 1917).
He was a brother of the British businessmen Charles Johan Paus and Rudolph Henrik Paus, co-owners of the Manchester firm Blydt, Paus and Pace, and of the businessman Oscar Lionel Paus( 1880 – 1917), who died as a British lieutenant in the First World War.
He was married to Gunda Resch Knudsen, daughter of the Norwegian ship- owner and Member of Parliament Jørgen Christian Knudsen and a niece of Prime Minister Gunnar Knudsen.
He was a grandson of Henrik Johan Paus and a first cousin of papal chamberlain, count Christopher Tostrup Paus.
His father was a first cousin of playwright Henrik Ibsen.
Some of his private papers are owned by the Imperial War Museum.
Ole Paus (shipowner)
Ole Paus( 23 March 1766 – 26 July 1855) was a Norwegian ship's captain, shipowner and land owner, who belonged to the patriciate of the port town of Skien from the late 18th century.
From 1799, he owned the estate Rising in Gjerpen.
He is noted as the stepfather of Knud Ibsen as well as the uncle of Marichen Altenburg, the parents of playwright Henrik Ibsen.
Many of his descendants, including singer Ole Paus, were named for him.
He was married to Johanne Plesner, a daughter of merchant Knud Plesner.
Johanne had previously been married to ship's captain Henrich Ibsen, who died at sea in 1797.
Johanne and Henrich's only child was Knud Ibsen, who grew up at Rising.
Ole Paus was best man at Knud Ibsen's wedding, when he married his niece Marichen Altenburg( a daughter of shipowner Johan Andreas Altenburg and Ole's sister Hedevig Christine Paus).
Ole Paus' brother- in- law was Diderik von Cappelen, who was married to his wife's sister Maria Plesner in his first marriage and to Ole Paus' cousin Marie Severine Blom in his second.
Ole Paus and Johanne Plesner had 5 sons and 4 daughters:
Ole Paus was the grandfather of factory owner Ole Paus and the great- grandfather of chamberlain, land owner and art collector Christopher Tostrup Paus( born 1862), who received a comital title from Pope Pius XI.
His great- great- grandson Herman Paus married Countess Tatyana
Tolstoy, a granddaughter of Leo Tolstoy, and their descendants own Herresta and other Swedish estates.
Also among his descendants are General Ole Otto Paus, singer Ole Paus, fashion designer Pontine Paus and businessman Peder Nicolas Paus.
Ole Paus was portrayed by Per Theodor Haugen in the 2006 NRK miniseries" En udødelig mann".
Herman Paus
Herman Christopher Paus( 4 May 1897 – 11 March 1983) was a Norwegian competitive skiier, who was among the pioneers of Nordic combined and ski jumping in the 1910s and 1920s.
He later moved to Sweden where he bought the major estate Herresta near Stockholm from a relative.
A relative of playwright Henrik Ibsen, Herman Paus was married to Leo Tolstoy's granddaughter Tatiana Tolstoy- Paus; as such he was the son -in- law of Count Lev Lvovich Tolstoy.
The Witches (opera)
The Witches is a children's opera, composed by Marcus Paus and with a libretto by Ole Paus, and based on the novel of the same name by Roald Dahl.
It was written for Gloppen Musikkfest, and was first performed in 2008 with Tora Augestad as the eponymous Grand High Witch.
The opera was written especially with Augestad in mind.
Ole Paus (company)
Ole Paus was a Norwegian iron and steel wholesale company, founded by the businessman and industrialist Ole Paus in Christiania in 1872.
After his retirement, the company was known as" Ole Paus Eftf."
( Ole Paus' Successors) and owned by his son Christopher Blom Paus and grandson Per Paus.
The company operated until around 1970.
Its founder Ole Paus was the grandfather of General Ole Otto Paus and the great grandfather of singer- songwriter, author, poet and actor Ole Paus).
Tatiana Tolstoy-Paus
Tatiana" Tanja" Tolstoy- Paus( 20 September 1914 – 29 January 2007)( née Countess Tatyana Lvovna Tolstaya) was a Russian- Swedish countess, socialite and a member of the Tolstoy family.
She was the last surviving grandchild of Leo Tolstoy.
She was born on her grandfather's estate Yasnaya Polyana, the daughter of novelist and sculptor Lev Lvovich Tolstoy and his Swedish wife Dora Westerlund.
As a result of the Russian revolution, the family fled to Sweden in 1917.
In 1940 she married Norwegian- born estate owner and former competitive skiier Herman Paus, the owner of the major Herresta estate outside Stockholm.
Her father- in- law Karl L. Paus was a first cousin of playwright Henrik Ibsen.
They had four children.
She was active in regional politics and as a philanthropist and socialite in Swedish society.
Her great- niece is jazz singer Viktoria Tolstoy.
Christopher Blom Paus
Christopher Blom Paus( 8 October 1810 at Rising in Gjerpen – 28 October 1898 in Gjerpen) was a Norwegian shipowner, merchant and banker.
Born into the patriciate of the port town of Skien, he was the son of shipowner Ole Paus and Johanne Plesner( formerly married Ibsen).
He was the uncle of playwright Henrik Ibsen, as he was both the half brother of Ibsen's father Knud Ibsen and the first cousin of Ibsen's mother Marichen Altenburg.
He was the brother of judge, Bratsberg governor and Member of Parliament Christian Cornelius Paus and lawyer Henrik Johan Paus.
Christopher Blom Paus owned the house at Snipetorp where the Ibsen family lived from Henrik's confirmation in 1843 to 1865.
He was a city councilor in Skien for several years and held other public offices.
In addition to being a ship- owner, he was managing director of" Skiens Sparebank"( Skien Savings Bank) 1874 – 1887.
He was the father of factory owner Ole Paus.
His grandson Herman Paus married Countess Tatyana Tolstoy, a granddaughter of Leo Tolstoy.
Their descendants own Herresta and other Swedish estates.
He was also the great- grandfather of General Ole Paus and the great- great- grandfather of singer Ole Paus.
Fred Cooke (comedian)
Frederick' Fred' Cooke( born 27 August 1980) is a stand- up comedian and actor from Kells, County Meath, Ireland.
Christopher Blom Paus
Christopher Blom Paus( 8 October 1810 at Rising in Gjerpen – 28 October 1898 in Gjerpen) was a Norwegian shipowner, merchant and banker.
Born into the patriciate of the port town of Skien, he was the son of shipowner Ole Paus and Johanne Plesner( formerly married Ibsen).
He was the uncle of playwright Henrik Ibsen, as he was both the half brother of Ibsen's father Knud Ibsen and the first cousin of Ibsen's mother Marichen Altenburg.
He was the brother of judge, Bratsberg governor and Member of Parliament Christian Cornelius Paus and lawyer Henrik Johan Paus.
Christopher Blom Paus owned the house at Snipetorp where the Ibsen family lived from Henrik's confirmation in 1843 to 1865.
He was a city councilor in Skien for several years and held other public offices.
In addition to being a ship- owner, he was managing director of" Skiens Sparebank"( Skien Savings Bank) 1874 – 1887.
He was the father of factory owner Ole Paus.
His grandson Herman Paus married Countess Tatyana Tolstoy, a granddaughter of Leo Tolstoy.
Their descendants own Herresta and other Swedish estates.
He was also the great- grandfather of General Ole Paus and the great- great- grandfather of singer Ole Paus.

Question: Did Tatiana Tolstoy-Paus and Fred Cooke (Comedian) have the same nationality?
Answer: no