# Christopher Blom Paus

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Norwegian businessman

Christopher Blom Paus

**Christopher Blom Paus** (8 October 1810 – 28 October 1898) was a Norwegian [shipowner](/source/Shipowner), [merchant](/source/Merchant) and banker.

## Biography

Paus was born at the estate Rising Nordre in [Gjerpen](/source/Gjerpen), Norway. Born into the [patriciate](/source/Patriciate_of_Norway) of the port town of [Skien](/source/Skien_(town)), he was the son of shipowner [Ole Paus](/source/Ole_Paus_(shipowner)) and Johanne Plesner (formerly married Ibsen). He was the uncle of playwright [Henrik Ibsen](/source/Henrik_Ibsen), as he was both the half brother of Ibsen's father [Knud Ibsen](/source/Knud_Ibsen) and the first cousin of Ibsen's mother [Marichen Altenburg](/source/Marichen_Altenburg). He was the brother of judge, [Bratsberg](/source/Telemark) governor and Member of Parliament [Christian Cornelius Paus](/source/Christian_Cornelius_Paus) and lawyer Henrik Johan Paus. Christopher Blom Paus owned the house at Snipetorp where the Ibsen family lived from the time of Henrik Ibsen's [confirmation](/source/Confirmation) in 1843 to 1865.[1][2][3]

Paus started as a wholesaler and eventually concentrated mainly on shipping business. He entered his business career as a clerk in his brother's trading shop. Paus worked from the late 1820s until 1836 for merchant Christopher Hansen Blom in the Blom trading house. In the 1860s he invested heavily in shipping and entered the emigrant trade with runs between Trondheim, Québec and Newcastle. He later became one of Skien's leading shipowner and one of the leader businessman. He was a city councilor in Skien for several years and held other public offices. In addition to being a ship-owner, he was administrative director of the savings bank, *Skiens Sparebank* 1874–1887. He was a member of the city council in Skien for several years and held a number of other public positions.[4]

## Personal life

Christopher Blom Paus was married in 1845 to Erasmine Ernst (1817–1914) He was the father of factory owner [Ole Paus](/source/Ole_Paus_(factory_owner)). His grandson Herman Paus married Countess Tatyana [Tolstoy](/source/Tolstoy), a granddaughter of [Leo Tolstoy](/source/Leo_Tolstoy). Their descendants own [Herresta](/source/Herresta) and other Swedish estates. He was also the great-grandfather of General [Ole Paus](/source/Ole_Paus_(general)) and the great-great-grandfather of singer [Ole Paus](/source/Ole_Paus).[5][6] Christopher Blom Paus died at Oslo and was buried at [Vår Frelsers gravlund](/source/V%C3%A5r_Frelsers_gravlund).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** J. Borchsenius, *Skien før branden 1886*, Fabritius & Sønners Forlag, Oslo, 1934

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Knud Plesner Ibsen"](https://www.ibsen.uio.no/REGINFO_peKPI.xhtml). *Henrik Ibsens skrifter*. Retrieved October 1, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** ["Marichen Cornelia Martine F. Altenburg"](https://www.ibsen.uio.no/REGINFO_peMI.xhtml). *Henrik Ibsens skrifter*. Retrieved October 1, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Østvedt_4-0)** [Einar Østvedt](/source/Einar_%C3%98stvedt), *Skiens historie: Fra 1870 til ca. 1925*, Skien Municipality/Erik St. Nilssen, 1959, pp. 358–359

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Herresta Säteri"](https://herresta.se/). *Herresta Godsförvaltning*. Retrieved October 1, 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Ole Paus"](https://www.snl.no/Ole_Paus). *Store norske leksikon*. Retrieved October 1, 2020.

## Other sources

- Arvid Høgvoll; Ruth Bærland (1996) *Henrik Ibsen: Herregårder, kammerherrer, godseiere og proprietærer: brokker av en slektshistorie* (Nome antikvariat) [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [8291739005](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/8291739005)

v t e Paus family Early members Sir Hans Olufsson (ca. 1500), cleric Sir Hans Povelsson Paus the Elder (1587), cleric Sir Peder Povelsson Paus (1590), cleric Sir Povel Hansson Paus (1620), cleric Sir Povel Pedersson Paus (1625), cleric Sir Hans Povelsson Paus (1656), cleric Cornelius Povelsson Paus (1662), judge Peder Hansson Paus (1691), judge Hans Pedersson Paus (1721), judge Skien branch Cornelius Paus (1726), civil servant Hedevig Paus (1763) Ole Paus (1766), shipowner Henrik Johan Paus (1799), lawyer Christian Cornelius Paus (1800), governor Christopher Blom Paus (1810), shipowner Henrik Ibsen (1828), playwright Johan Altenborg Paus (1834), war commissioner Ole Paus (1846), industrialist Karl L. Paus (1856), industrialist Christopher Lintrup Paus CBE (1881), British diplomat Thorleif (von) Paus (1881), diplomat George Wegner Paus (1882), lawyer Hans Wangensten Paus (1891), engineer Robert Paus Platt OBE (1905), British diplomat Helvig (von) Paus (1909) Ole (von) Paus (1910), general Per Paus (1910), industrialist Thorleif Lintrup Paus (1912), diplomat Cecilie Paus (1943), shipping magnate Peder Paus (1945), businessman Ole Paus (1947), singer Pontine Paus (1973), shipping heir Olympia Paus (1976), shipping heir Marcus Paus (1979), composer of Herresta Count Christopher (de) Paus (1862), philanthropist Herman Paus (1897), skier, estate owner Countess Tatiana Tolstoy-Paus (1914) Henrik Ibsen Knud Ibsen Marichen Altenburg Sigurd Ibsen Altenburggården The Ibsen Family Paus family in fiction Peer Gynt Rosmersholm The Wild Duck Ghosts An Enemy of the People Hedda Gabler Drammen branch Bernhard Cathrinus Pauss (1839), theologian Henriette Pauss (1841), teacher Olav Pauss (1863), shipowner Nikolai Nissen Paus (1877), surgeon/humanitarian Augustin Paus (1881), industrialist Bernhard Paus (1910), surgeon/humanitarian Vilhelm Paus (1915), diplomat Brita Collett Paus (1917), humanitarian Nikolai Paus (1944), businessman Other Pauspur Paus collection (Paus Trajan) Herresta Kvesarum Castle Villa Paus Esviken Paus & Paus Ole Paus Company Wilh. Wilhelmsen

v t e Henrik Ibsen's family Ancestors and birth relatives Grandparents Henrich Ibsen, Johanne Plesner, Johan Andreas Altenburg, Hedevig Paus, Ole Paus (step grandfather), parents Knud Ibsen and Marichen Altenburg, sister Hedvig Ibsen, uncles Christian Cornelius Paus, Henrik Johan Paus, Christopher Blom Paus, great-aunt Kristine Cathrine Ploug (née Altenburg), first cousin Ole Paus, nephew Carl Stousland, first cousin once removed Christopher de Paus, great-grandfather Cornelius Paus Wife, family-in-law and issue Wife Suzannah Ibsen (née Thoresen), step mother-in-law Magdalene Thoresen, son Sigurd Ibsen, daughter-in-law Bergliot Ibsen (née Bjørnson), grandson Tancred Ibsen, granddaughter Irene Ibsen Bille (née Ibsen), grandson's wife Lillebil Ibsen (née Krohn), great-grandsons Tancred Ibsen Jr. and Joen Bille, great-great-granddaughters Nora Ibsen and Beate Bille See also: Ibsen family – Paus family

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