{{Short description|Norwegian humanitarian leader}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Brita Lucie Collett Paus | birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|07|3|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Salsbruket]], Norway | birth_name = Brita Lucie Collett | death_date = {{Death date and age|1998|06|28|1917|07|3|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Oslo]], Norway | known_for = founding the charity [[Fransiskushjelpen]] | occupation = humanitarian leader | spouse = {{marriage|[[Bernhard Paus]]|1937}} | family = [[Collett family|Collett]] | relatives = [[Axel Collett]] (father)<br>[[Lucie Paus Falck]] (daughter) }} '''Brita Lucie Collett Paus''' (3 July 1917 – 28 June 1998) was a Norwegian humanitarian leader and the founder of [[Fransiskushjelpen]], a [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholic]] charitable organisation in Norway. She led the organisation from 1956 until 1993.<ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia|year=1978–2007|title=Brita Paus|encyclopedia=[[Store norske leksikon]]|editor=Petter Henriksen|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url= https://www.snl.no/Brita_Paus|language=Norwegian}}</ref><ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia|year=1999–2005|title=Brita Paus|encyclopedia=[[Norsk biografisk leksikon]]|author=Else-Britt Nilsen|editor=Arntzen, Jon Gunnar|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=https://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Brita_Paus/utdypning|language=Norwegian}}</ref>
She converted to Catholicism from Lutheranism in 1950, and served as chair of the Laity Council of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Oslo]], as board member of [[Caritas (charity)|Caritas]] in Norway from 1965 and member of governmental committees.
She was married to orthopedic surgeon [[Bernhard Paus]], the Grand Master of the [[Norwegian Order of Freemasons]]. Their daughter [[Lucie Paus Falck]] became a politician.
She was the daughter of landowner [[Axel Collett]] and Lucie Trozelli Krefting, and a member of the [[Collett family]].
==Honours== *[[St. Hallvard Medal]], 1975<ref name=katolsk/> *Knight First Class of the [[Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav]], 1976<ref name=katolsk>{{cite web |title=Brita Paus – Fransiskushjelpens mor |url=https://www.katolsk.no/nyheter/2022/01/brita-paus-2013-fransiskushjelpens-mor |access-date=24 November 2022}}</ref> *[[Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice]], 1976<ref name=katolsk/> *Grand Duchy of Luxembourg *Torstein Dale Memorial Prize ([[Norwegian Red Cross]]) *[[Rotary International]]'s Paul Harris Fellow Award
==References== {{Reflist}}
==Literature== *''Maria Giæver: Fransiskushjelpen: Help, relieve, be present''. Holm & Tangen Publishing, 2006.
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