# Hans Olufsson

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This is a traditional Norwegian name. The last name is a [patronymic](/source/Patronymic), not a [family name](/source/Surname); this person is properly referred to by the given name *Hans*.

[Sir](/source/Dominus_(title)) **Hans Olufsson**[a] (*c.* 1495–1500 – 18 September 1570, in [Oslo](/source/Oslo)) was a Norwegian high-ranking [cleric](/source/Cleric) and [nobleman](/source/Nobleman) during the 16th century.

He was a member of the [royal clergy](/source/Royal_clergy), the clergy in the personal service of the [King of Norway](/source/King_of_Norway) and the effective state administration in the Middle Ages, and was one of the six [canons](/source/Canon_(priest)) at [St Mary's Church](/source/St_Mary's_Church%2C_Oslo), the [royal chapel](/source/Royal_chapel) in [Oslo](/source/Oslo) and the seat of government of Norway. Together with the other canons and the [provost](/source/Provost_(religion)), he was a member of the [cathedral chapter](/source/Cathedral_chapter) of St Mary's Church. The provost *ex officio* also held the office of [Chancellor of Norway](/source/Chancellor_of_Norway), with one of the canons serving as Vice-Chancellor; it is unknown if Hans Olufsson served as Vice-Chancellor. As decreed by [Haakon V of Norway](/source/Haakon_V_of_Norway) in a 1300 royal proclamation, the canons of St Mary's Church held the rank and privileges of a [Knight](/source/Knight), the highest rank of nobility in Norway since 1308 and typically reserved for noblemen with a significant national political role.[1]

Hans Olufsson is first mentioned in 1542 as a canon at St Mary's Church, and undoubtedly was a priest both before and after the [Reformation in Denmark–Norway and Holstein](/source/Reformation_in_Denmark%E2%80%93Norway_and_Holstein). As indicated by his patronymic, Hans Olufsson's father was named Oluf. Due to his career as a member of the royal clergy, he almost certainly had a privileged family background. Most canons in Norway at the time were recruited from the lower nobility, and normally studied at universities abroad, which was normally only possible with an affluent background. Hans Olufsson held a [prebend](/source/Prebend) (estate held for his lifetime), the prebend of [Saint Mary](/source/Mary_(mother_of_Jesus))'s [altar](/source/Altar) *sub lectorio*, also known as the prebend of [Dillevik](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dillevik&action=edit&redlink=1),[2] that included the income of 43 church properties (36 *huder*, hides) in [Eastern Norway](/source/Eastern_Norway).

After 1545, when the cathedral chapter of St Mary's Church was dissolved, Hans Olufsson served as a priest at [Oslo Cathedral](/source/St._Hallvard's_Cathedral), but retained his prebend affiliated with the estate of St Mary's Church. He died on the night between 17 and 18 September 1570 and was buried in Oslo Cathedral on 19 September. Following his death, his prebend passed to [Jens Nilssøn](/source/Jens_Nilss%C3%B8n), the noted [Oslo humanist](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Oslo_humanists&action=edit&redlink=1) and later Bishop of Oslo.[3]

Hans Olufsson's son, as documented by court proceedings from 1602, was Povel Hansson (born ca. 1545–50), who was a merchant in Oslo. According to genealogist [S.H. Finne-Grønn](/source/S.H._Finne-Gr%C3%B8nn), Povel Hansson was almost certainly the father of the priests Hans Povelsson Paus (1587–1648) and [Peder Povelsson Paus](/source/Peder_Povelsson_Paus) (1590–1653), two brothers from Oslo who were the progenitors of the [Paus family](/source/Paus_family).[3]

## Footnotes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-name_1-0)** Both as a member of the clergy and as a member of the nobility as he was [styled](/source/Style_(manner_of_address)) as *herr* in Norwegian. The style *sira* (sir) had been introduced as the style for clergymen in Norway in the 13th century and gradually been replaced by the Norwegianized version *herr* from the 15th century. The style of *herr* was reserved for clergy and noblemen. Its latin form is *[Dominus](/source/Dominus_(title))*, conventionally rendered as *Sir* as an ecclesiastical title in English. Olufsson is a patronymic; thus he would be known as "Sir Hans" or as "Sir Hans Olufsson," but never be referred to by the patronymic alone.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-royalproclamation_2-0)** [Gave- og stadfestingsbrev fra kong Håkon Magnusson til Mariakirken i Oslo](https://www.hist.uib.no/grunnfag/kjelder/1300_gave.htm)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Anton Christian Bang](/source/Anton_Christian_Bang), *Oslo domkapitels altre og præbender efter reformationen*, Jacob Dybwad, 1893

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Finne-Grønn_4-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Finne-Grønn_4-1) [S. H. Finne-Grønn](/source/S._H._Finne-Gr%C3%B8nn) (1943). *Slekten Paus : dens oprindelse og 4 første generasjoner*. Oslo: Cammermeyer.

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

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