{{Short description|Norwegian artillery officer and war commissioner (1834–1894)}} '''Johan Altenborg Paus''' (December 3, 1834 – April 16, 1894) was a Norwegian artillery officer who served as war commissioner.<ref>Obituary, ''Norges Jæger- og Fiskerforenings Tidsskrift'' 1895 p. 131</ref> Prior to this he served as head of the Artillery Officers' School from 1868 to 1871<ref>Gamst, Thorbein, ''Befalsskolen for Feltartilleriet: 1931-1996'', Artilleriregimentet og Artilleriets offisersforening, 1998, p. 199</ref> and inspector for the Main Line and Kongsvinger Line until 1874. He was also a lecturer at the [[Norwegian Military Academy]],<ref>{{ cite book | date = 1871 | title = Norges statskalender | publisher = Kommuneforlaget | url = http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2022071285012_001&page=245 | page = 184 }}</ref><ref>{{ cite book | date = 1890 | title = Norsk militært tidsskrift | publisher = Oslo militære samfund | url = http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2018092081091_001 | page = 14 }}</ref> served on several government-appointed committees on military issues, was an active freemason, served on the boards of Christiania Military Society and the [[Norwegian Association of Hunters and Anglers]].<ref>{{ cite book | author = Rørholt, Arnold | date = 1925 | title = Christiania militære samfund gjennem 100 aar | publisher = Christiania militære samfund | url = http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2017042407033 | page = }}</ref><ref name=NJFFT>{{ cite book | date = 1894 | title = Norsk Jæger- og Fisker-Forenings Tidsskrift | location = Kristiania | url = http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digitidsskrift_2019070381026_001 | page = 131 }}</ref> A member of the [[Paus family]], he was a first cousin of the playwright [[Henrik Ibsen]] and the son of the lawyer [[Henrik Johan Paus]]. He was named for his father's foster father and uncle, [[Johan Andreas Altenburg|Johan Altenburg]], Henrik Ibsen's maternal grandfather. Henrik Ibsen shared the names Henrik Johan with his father. Johan Altenborg Paus was the son-in-law of the timber magnate [[Christopher Henrik Holfeldt Tostrup|Christopher Tostrup]] and the father of the papal chamberlain, art collector and philanthropist, Count [[Christopher de Paus|Christopher Paus]].<ref>[[S. H. Finne-Grønn]], ''Familien Tostrup fra Lister''. Christiania, 1897</ref> He was a Knight of the [[Order of Vasa]] and there is a painting of him by [[Nils Gude]] (1886).<ref>{{ cite book | author = Anker, Carl Johan | date = 1886 | title = Katalog over malede Portræter i Norge | publisher = Jacob Dybwads Forlag | url = http://urn.nb.no/URN:NBN:no-nb_digibok_2021042148722?page=171 | page = 163 }}</ref> Upon his death, he was described as "a personality much loved by comrades, superiors, and subordinates."<ref name=NJFFT/> He is interred at the [[Cemetery of Our Saviour]] in Oslo.
==Honours== *Knight of the [[Order of Vasa]]
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