{{Short description|Norwegian priest and poet}} {{For|the cleric born in 1587|Hans Povelsson Paus the Elder}} {{Infobox person | name = Sir Hans Povelsson Paus{{efn|name=name}} | image = Painting of Hans Povelsson Paus, 1685.jpg | alt = Painting of Hans Paus | caption = Hans Paus; painting at Ask Manor | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date text|1656}} | birth_place = Hjartdal | death_date = {{Death date and age|1715|03|18|1656}} | death_place = Kviteseid | other_names = | occupation = Cleric | father= Paul Peterson Paus | children= | alma_mater = {{Unbulleted list|University of Copenhagen}} }} thumb|Susanne Paus, painting at Ask Manor Sir '''Hans Povelsson Paus'''{{efn|name=name|As a member of the clergy, one of the two privileged estates, he was styled as ''herr'' in Norwegian or ''Dominus'' in Latin, conventionally rendered as ''Sir'' as an ecclesiastical title in English; the Norwegian style ''herr'' was (until the 19th century) reserved for members of the clergy and the nobility and may be translated as "Sir" or "Lord"; its predecessor ''sira'' (sir) had been introduced as the style for clergymen in Norway in the 13th century and gradually been replaced by the Norwegianized version ''herr'' from the 15th century.}} (1656, Hjartdal – 18 March 1715) was a Norwegian priest and poet. He served as the parish priest in Kviteseid from 1683 until his death. A popular man in his parish who learned the local dialect (at a time when most church officials and civil servants used Danish as a working language), he is noted for being the first to write poetry in dialect in Norway. His poem ''Stolt Anne'' (''ca.'' 1700), written in the Kviteseid dialect, became a popular folk song in Telemark. 12 verses were included in ''Norske Folkeviser'' (1853) by Magnus Brostrup Landstad and Henrik Ibsen, a relative of Hans Paus, paraphrased the poem in the drama ''Lady Inger of Ostrat''.<ref>Francis Bull, Gerhard von der Lippe Gran, i Edda: nordisk tidsskrift for litteraturforskning, vol. 30. s. 21, 1930</ref> The poem honored Anne Clausdatter, the owner of Borgestad Manor and a relative of Paus. She rewarded him with an agricultural property (Bukkøy) for it. He owned several agricultural properties in Kviteseid.
Hans Paus was the son of Povel Pedersson Paus (1625–1682), parish priest in Hjartdal, and Ingrid Corneliusdatter Trinnepol, who belonged to the Skien patriciate who had made a fortune in the sawmill industry (her family might originate in Trinitapoli, Italy). Hans Paus married Susanne Amundsdatter Morland, daughter of the provost of Øvre Telemark Amund Hanssøn Morland.<ref name="FG1947">S. H. Finne-Grønn (1947). «Nogen oplysninger om presteslekten Morland». ''Norsk slektshistorisk tidsskrift'' vol. 11 s. 124-132</ref> He succeeded his father-in-law as parish priest in Kviteseid. Amund Morland, of Danish origin, had succeeded Hans Paus' grandfather Peder Paus (born 1590) as the Kviteseid parish priest and provost; hence, the Paus and Morland families have been referred to as a dynasty of priests in Øvre Telemark.<ref name="FG1943">S. H. Finne-Grønn (1943). ''Slekten Paus : dens oprindelse og 4 første generasjoner'' (s. 22). Oslo: Cammermeyer.</ref> Hans Paus' maternal grandparents were timber merchant, sawmill owner and councilman in Skien, Cornelius Jansen Trinnepol (1611–1678) and Anne Iversdatter (1605–1642), a daughter of councilman Iver Christensen and Margrethe von Ansbach.<ref>S. H. Finne-Grønn (1910). «Jørgen v. Ansbach, Engel Jensen og slegten Klouman». ''Norsk Personalhistorisk Tidsskrift'' vol. 1 s. 357</ref> Susanne's maternal grandparents Christen Andersen and Anne Gundersdatter owned Borgestad Manor.<ref name="FG1943"/>
Original painted portraits from 1685 of Hans and Susanne came into the possession of Christopher Tostrup Paus and are today housed at Herresta in Sweden.<ref>Henrik Gravenor (1928). ''Norsk malerkunst: under renessanse og barokk 1550-1700''. Oslo: Steen. S. 206–207.</ref>
Hans Paus was the brother of the judge of Øvre Telemark, Cornelius Paus (1662–1723), who used a coat of arms featuring a wild man.<ref>Hans Krag (1955). ''Norsk heraldisk mønstring 1699-1730'', Vol. I.</ref>
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==Literature== *D. A. Seip i Norsk Biografisk Leksikon, bd. 10 (1969) *Landstad, Magnus Brostrup: Norske folkeviser (1853) *Berge, Rikard: Bygdedikting fraa Telemarki (bd. 11, 1918)
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